Overview
BStar is a social networking app where you can share your things and meet up with new friends. An app allows users to connect people in every corner of the world through photo and video sharing to share your talent and things that are interesting as per your perspective, and people give you stars to show how they are satisfied with your post. You can upload your post to different categories of style, body, beauty, food, unique places, pet, cute babes, and sports. And videos will be categorized like sport, dance, science, funny, love, etc. your friends will give star ratings out of 5 on your post. Your post can be placed in a category of a red carpet, hall of fame, and star of fame based on votes from your friends. Download the BStar app, share amazing posts, and feel the difference.
Client Requirements
Our client approached Hyperlink InfoSystem to develop a social networking app where users can enjoy unique social media experience by sharing photos and videos with millions of people across the world. An application was demanded to be developed on Android and iOS both platforms. A client wanted an online simple, and user-friendly platform, which gives a different and enjoyable space to share actual life experiences with friends. Hyperlink InfoSystem has developed the "BStar" app that offers a wide range of entertainment intended to simplify your life and increase your happiness.
Features
Login/Sign up
- Sign up with primary details
- Log in through Email or mobile number
BStar Newsfeed
In the BStar feed, user can get four types of post listings,
- 1. Especial Categories
- 2. Show your Talent in 15S
- 3. LifeStyle
- 4. Categories
1. Especial Categories
Users can view a post in 3 Especial Categories,
- Star of Fame - Which receives a super high number of stars.
- Hall of Fame – Which received a high number of stars.
- Red Carpet - Which gets an average number of stars.
2. Show your Talent in 15S
In this part, you can see the 15s videos which your friends have posted. You can comment on that and give a star out of 5.
- Users can share your friend's posted video to other social platforms.
3 LifeStyle
- Users can view people's LifeStyle Videos.
4 Categories
- BStar users can view friends' posts in different categories like Food, Funny, Beauty, Drinks & Events, Style, Love, Art & Design, Places & Travels, Animals, Photography, Science & Technology, Architecture & Engineering, Vehicles, Changes the world and some others.
- When you select any particular category, every post of that category will list down on your screen.
- You can comment on that, hide a post, share that post to other platforms, and give a star out of 5.
Add Post on BStar
- Select photo or video whatever you want the post.
- You can crop your image according to your preference.
- Select Category: Food, Funny, Beauty, Drinks & Events, Style, Love, Art & Design, Places & Travels, Animals, Photography, Science & Technology, Architecture & Engineering, Vehicles, Changes the world or others.
- You can add it to lifestyle or Show me your talent in the 15s listing also.
- Tag Friends
- Add Location
- Write a title for the post
- Write Description that helps your friends to get proper idea about your post.
- Finally, post on your profile.
Make New Friends in the world
- Users can find and add new friends from their contacts or username.
- Your friend request will categorize in 3 Categories.
- - View Request Friendship
- - View Pending Request
- - View Suggested Friends
View Top Star Posts
- A user can view the most popular posts according to the number of stars.
Chat
- Users can communicate with their friends through the application inbuilt chat feature.
Notification
Users will be notified in below scenario:
- When someone sends you a request.
- When someone shares your post.
- When someone gives stars and comments on your post.
- When someone sends you a message.
Settings
You need to swipe from left to right to access the settings menu.
- View all your activities and posts.
- A Toggle button is available for on/off notification.
- If you want to keep your profile private, then simply off toggle button.
- In a spare time, you can read news and magazines in BStar app.
Admin Panel
User Management
- View and Edit Users
- Active/Inactive Users
- Verify Users Through Email
Manage Post
- Active/Inactive
- View comments and stars
Category Management
- View, Edit, and Delete Categories
- Active/Inactive Categories
Manage Public Figure Requests
- Accept or Decline user requests
- View details of users
Challenges
Crop images like Instagram
As per the client's demand, image cropping should be precisely the same as Instagram. And this is the biggest challenge faced by our developers. After taking help from some Third-party APIs, they developed a custom algorithm to achieve the same cropping ratio as Instagram.
Video Trimming
In this scenario, users should upload small duration videos. So our developers need to provide an option to trim the video before uploading. During the development phase, it was quite complex to develop an actual video trimmer. Our developer's long experience helped us make a custom video trimmer that enables users to trim video before uploading it to the BStar.
Technologies
Android
Android OS Support:
4.3 to 6
Development:
Java using Android Studio 3.0.1
Android Supported Devices:
480x800, 720x1280, 1080x1920, 1440x2560
Language Support :
English
iOS
iOS OS Support:
iOS 8.0 to 11
Development:
Swift using Xcode
iOS Supported:
iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8
Language Support:
English
Admin Panel & APIs
Framework: CodeIgniter
Technology: PHP, MySQL
API : JSON format
Browser/Device Compatibility:
Mozilla Firefox: Min 40.0 to Max 46.0 version
Google Chrome: Min 44.0 to Max 51.0 version
Internet Explorer: Min 10.0 to Max 11.0 version
Apple Safari: Min 8.0 to Max 9.1 version
