SnapCop

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  Users may use SnapCop to stay up to date on their surroundings.

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  Users can scroll through their newsfeed to see other people's posts.

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  Users may upload their own pictures of strange occurrences.

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  Users can use captions to add detail and inform others about their findings.

Inspiration

Safety of our fellow citizens on a daily basis, especially given the recent events in our nation

What it does

Allows people to share pictures with captions in real time to alert police and others of any suspicious activity

How we built it

Java, XML, Android Studio

Challenges we ran into

Highlighting matching images identified using keywords in the Search function

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Creating a working app that utilizes the phone's camera functions, successfully uploads images, and accepts user entries for captions

What we learned

Using multiple languages allows for more effective app development

What's next for SnapCop

Building a database so that people can share images with each other; also, a more functional way to sort through pictures based on captions

Built With

• android-studio
• java
• xml