Transforming The Way We Shop!

Overview

Want to shop for your grocery items but running late? Getting hard with your busy schedule? If you are stuck up in your busy life and don't have time to buy your grocery items, NeighborShopper is the ultimate solution for you. It is the first-ever grocery app that works in real-time scenarios. NeighborShopper connects you with your neighbors who are nearby any grocery stores. It helps you to request delivery of your required grocery items in real-time for a small amount. Even you can shop for them and deliver essentials at their address. The transaction and communication between the shopper and the requester are highly secured and safe. You can even invite your friends and neighbors and create your shopping network. Just download the app now and explore more.

Client Requirement

Today, where people are busy with their jobs, extracting some time to complete their daily routine is quite hard. Witnessing such busy going lives of the people, the client approached Hyperlink InfoSystem to develop a platform that proves to be a boon for such people who lack time. The client's main aim was to create an Android and iOS interface that helps users request their grocery items easily at their address in real-time. The app is available in the English language and designed for the USA audience only.

Features - NeighborShopper

App For Shopping Requester

Send Order Request To Single/Multiple Shoppers
Add Items In Sent Order
Add Address Details
View Order Receipt
Payment Gateway: Stripe
Communicate With Shoppers Through Chat
Track Shopper's Navigation
Accept/Decline Friend Requests
Set Notification On/Off
Reviews And Ratings For Shoppers
View List Of Accepted, Canceled, Completed, Pending, And In-Progress Orders
View Recent Chat
Shopping Requester Will Be Notified In Below Scenario:
• Accept/Decline/Cancellation Of The Requested Order
• Availability Of Nearby Shoppers
• When Shopper Edits Order
• During Order Track
• When Payment Receipt Is Received
• New Chat Message
• When They Receive Friend Requests

App For Shopper

Edit Or Cancel Order
Generate Order Receipt
Ratings And Reviews For Shopping Requesters
Communicate With Shopping Requester Through Chat
Accept/Decline Friend Requests
Set Notification On/Off
View Recent Chat
View Order List
Shoppers Will get notifications In Below Scenario:
• New Order Request
• Successful Payment
• When They Receives Friend Request
• When Items Are Added In Order
• New Chat Message

Admin Panel

User Management
• Add, Update, Delete, And Edit Users
Order Management
• Update And Delete Order Status
• Update Order Status As Accept, Cancel, Complete, And Pending.
Payment Management
• Manage Payment Calculation For Shoppers And Shopping Requesters
Report Management
• Show Order Reports Between Selected Dates
• Export Order Reports In Excel Sheet

Challenges

1. Track Arrival Time:

Whenever a shopping requester tracks an order, the application should be tracked in the background and the foreground process. Track application behavior in the foreground process and update shopper's location every 10 seconds was quite challenging. It was quite hard to update location and reflect the current location status to the shopping requester in a real-time scenario. However, our developers managed this scenario by invoking update location API as per the scheduled timer, and thereby shopper's location status is updated to the shopping requester.

2. Add Item In An Ongoing Order:

Whenever a shopping requester adds any new item in the given order, an update in the order needs to be reflected in a real-time scenario. Adding more items in an ongoing order and reflecting the changes in real-time scenarios by sending shopper a push notification was quite hard and challenging. Our developers surpassed this challenge by implementing their custom logic, and thus, the entire order is received in an updated manner to the shopper.

3. Auto Download Images:

Whenever a shopper and shopping requester communicates with each other through chat and sends images, that image should be auto-downloaded in the device and stored inside the app folder. Managing such a scenario was quite complicated during the development phase. Our developers smartly resolved the complexity by using a photo library and asset collection that automatically store images inside the device gallery in the app folder name.

Android

Android OS Support: 4.3 to 7.0
Development:Java using Android Studio
Android Supported Devices:480x800, 720x1280, 1080x1920, 1440x2560
Language Support:English

iOS

iOS OS Support:iOS 8.0 to 10.3
Development:Swift using Xcode
iOS Supported Devices: iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus
Language Support:English

Admin Panel & Website

Technology:PHP CodeIgniter
Database: MySQL
Language Support:English
Browser/Device Compatibility: IE 9.0+, Mozilla, Chrome, Safari