Social Media App

Abstract

1. Introduction

Wooble is a fully functional social media app with multiple features built with flutter and dart.

2. Objective

A fully functional social media app built with flutter with multiple features

This project demonstrates how Dart, Flutter, Firebase can be applied to a real-world Mobile App Development problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• Custom photo feed
• Post photo posts from camera or gallery
• Like posts
• Comment on posts
• View all comments on a post
• Search for users
• Realtime Messaging and Sending images
• Deleting Posts
• Profile Pages
• Change profile picture

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Flutter SDK
• Android Studio or VS Code with Flutter plugin
• Android / iOS device or emulator
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/CharlyKeleb/SocialMedia-App.git
cd SocialMedia-App

1. You'll need to create a Firebase instance. Follow the instructions
2. Once your Firebase instance is created, you'll need to enable Google authentication.
3. Go to the Firebase Console for your new instance.
4. Click "Authentication" in the left-hand menu
5. Click the "sign-in method" tab
6. Click "Email and Password" and enable it
7. Create an app within your Firebase instance for Android, with package name com.yourcompany.news
8. Run the following command to get your SHA-1 key:

keytool -exportcert -list -v \
-alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Add offline support with local caching
• Publish an internal test build on the Play Store

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Which framework is used and why (native vs cross-platform)?
2. How is app state managed across screens?
3. Where is the data stored — locally, Firebase or a REST backend?
4. How are permissions (camera, location, storage) handled?
5. How would you publish this app to the Play Store / App Store?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by CharlyKeleb and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.