RACK – Fashion Photo Sharing App
Overview
RACK is a Fashion photo-sharing app where people worldwide can share and discover a variety of different fashion brands and items. Rack allows users to show off what's on their 'Rack' – what they are buying and where they are buying it from a simple, user-friendly layout. It allows users to add items to their own' want list'. Rack means you have it and want means you need it. It will defeat the problem of people who can't understand what gift to buy for someone. You can tag the brands and items to make it easy for your followers to see them with an easy tap. So just switch your Rack and Want List in the settings to show on your profile. With RACK, just explore your fashion trends to millions of people worldwide and get the things you like with RACK. Just download a fantastic app and RACK it up.
Client Requirement
Our client was looking for the best app development partner for his fantastic app idea. And the journey started when they approached Hyperlink InfoSystem with the concept of Rack. Many people are not aware of the latest fashion trends and brands, so aim to develop an online platform where people can be aware of the latest brands, fashion trends, and any interested user can buy & share the things on a single platform. He consulted with us about his unique idea for app development on the iOS platform. Hyperlink InfoSystem has developed a unique fashion photo-sharing app which people will surely and want to use in their everyday life.
Features
User Features
Log in
Users can sign up through email or log in using Facebook.
NewsFeed
- Find out what your friends and people around the world are Racking and Wanting
- Search the carousel to find new items and content
- View repost and Want items by users
- Find details about owner, brand, and item by tapping on image
Upload Post
- User can select a picture from camera roll or click a picture
- Select item type (Rack/Want)
- Attach links to help your followers to get more details about item
- Rack anything from lifestyle and fashion to fitness and art
- Tag the brands and items to make it easier for your followers to discover them with a single tap
- Allow others to repost your content
Creating a Post
When you are creating a post, you can share the post on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr, and Twitter.
Notification
- When someone follows you
- When someone wants to repost your post
- When someone likes or comments on your post
- When someone mentions and tagged you in their post
- When someone sends follow/following request
Search
A user can perform RACK search below ways:
- Discover
- People
- Hashtag
- Brand
- Item name
Profile
- User's profile covers follow/following count, number of views in profile, racked or want list
- Customize your profile with a photo, description, and cover photo
Settings
- User can change their privacy settings
- View block list
- Activity list
- Edit their profile
- Switch your Rack and Want List to show on your profile
Admin Panel
User Management
- View users
- Active/Inactive users
- Verify users through Email
- Suspend user
- Export user
To Manage Wardrobes
- Active/Inactive
- Suspend
Manage Uploaded Item
- Active/Inactive
- View comment, Like, Repost, Want, and fav
Manage Report List
View Brand Link
- Admin can view brand links which user added to the post.
Tag Counting
- Admin can view all tag in which users have tag brand names on their posts.
Add/Edit/ Remove terms and conditions
Set Privacy and policy, about us, and FAQs
Challenges
Managing Media And Storage:
Maintain media quality is the base of any social media application, and it is the biggest challenge that our developers faced. Along with maintaining media quality, they face storage issues too. After research on that, our developers came up with a solution of compressing images up to a specific limit, so the picture doesn't lose its real quality and occupies minimum storage.
Block View Along With Normal Feeds:
A client had a unique idea which any user's followers post will present like blocks on a news feeds. The biggest challenge was implementing pagination where posts on feeds display in blocks based on time and to maintain all the posts without losing a single post. Our developers came up with a solution and implement time-based pagination logic to achieve block view in feeds.
To Crop Images Like Instagram:
As per the client's requirement, image cropping should be exactly the same as Instagram. And this was the biggest challenge our developers faced. After taking help from some third-party APIs, we developed a custom algorithm to achieve the same ratio of cropping as Instagram.
Technologies
- 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, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus
- Language Support:English
- Admin Panel & API
- 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
