PROG 02: Represent!

Represent! is an app that uses Google's Places API, GeoCoding API, and CIVIC API to look up U.S. Senators and House Representatives.

App Functionality and Requirements

• App must be able to get the current location correctly on the phone.
• Must correctly look up Senator and House Representative data by location using the address, ZIP code, and GPS
• Must use the APIs to get and display the required data for each congressperson: full name, their party (Democrat, Republican, Independent), website (with link), photo (if available)
• Must implement a random feature for selecting a random location and updating the proper visuals on the phone
• Must make good use of visual elements and an intuitive, easy-to-use interaction flow

Home Screen

Requirements

Finding Representatives Using the User's Current Location

Interaction:

• The user clicks the USE CURRENT LOCATION button on the home screen.
• The app responds by asking for the user's permission to get their location. If the user approves, the app will begin its search for the user's current location

• If successful, the app will proceed to find the representatives corresponding to the user's current location

• If fail, the app will show a Toast error message instead.

Finding Representatives by Searching for a Location

Interaction:

• The user clicks the SEARCH FOR A LOCATION button on the home screen.

• The app responds by pulling up a location search box.

• The user enters a location and clicks their desired location from the autocomplete search box.

• The app responds by looking up the representatives for the location

Finding Representatives using Random U.S. Locations

Interaction:

• The user clicks the Randomize Location text on the home screen.
• The app responds by finding a random location and getting the representatives corresponding to that location.

Representative Detailed View

Interaction:

• The user clicks the card view of the representative they want to get more details of.

Extra Credit

Polling Locations

Interaction:

• The user uses one of the three ways mentioned above to provide a location input
• The app automatically gets and shows the nearby polling locations(if available)

Drop-off Locations

Interaction:

• The user uses one of the three ways mentioned above to provide a location input
• The app automatically gets and shows the nearby drop-off locations(if available)

Author

King Arthur Alagao (kialagao@berkeley.edu)

Video Link

https://youtu.be/wnlYPG6I1dE