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During my first coop work term, I decided to learn a new programming language and build a mobile app that others could use. This project was one that I did on my own time.
This app serves as an IOU system for groups of people. The idea for this app came from living in a house with some of my schoolmates and the troubles of dividing up group expenses.
For example, if myself and my three roommates were to hop in a cab ride to go downtown, that would have costed about $8. It makes the most sense to have one person pay for the cab and the rest of us pay that person back afterwards. However, who wants to dig around for a toonie or send a $2 e-transfer?
With this app, IOUs between groups of people can be tracked and accumulated to a point where there is enough money owed to pay the other person back.
How It Works
When a user first creates an account, they are brought to the Home screen shown in the image above. By navigating to the "Find Friends" tab, they have the opportunity to send friend requests to other users in the database. While, friend requests can be accepted/declined from the "You" tab, a list of account information and current friends is displayed.
From the top right corner of the Home screen, users can create a new "House" by entering a House name and selecting which of their friends they want to include. When a House has been created, users included in the House have access to the screen as shown to the right.
This screen shows overall balances as well as individual balances between the current user and other users in the House.
When a user wishes to create an IOU with one or more of the users in the house, they can press the Create IOU button. As seen on the left, there are two types of IOUs a user can create. The screen on the left being for IOUs that need to be split with money.
The screen on the right illustrates an IOU for a physical object, where it would be easier to just split it for what it actually is.
With this app, IOUs between groups of people can be tracked and accumulated to a point where there is enough money owed to pay the other person back.
