societee

Description

Societee is a Minimum-Viable-Product application developed for Northwestern MPD students. It is a mobile social platform that focuses on map-based content sharing. It's developed for cross-platform andriod & IOS, and was developed using React Native and Expo.

Installation

Install Node.js

Donwload the latest current version of node here.

Install Expo CLI

Open Terminal or an alternate command line and type the following command.

$ npm install -g expo-cli

Clone this Repository to your local machine.

Steps to clone (Below are steps for a MacOS operating system): Open terminal on your mac. Copy the clone link on this page on github. Once open, type:

$ cd Desktop
$ git clone [copied_github_url]
$ cd societee

Now your terminal shell is within the societee directory.

Install Required Dependencies

Once you have a command line open inside the societee direcotry, run:

$ npm install

This will isntall the required app dependencies.

Install Expo on your phone

Install "Expo" on your android or IOS phone in order to continue.

Running

After installation, run the application by typing:

expo start

inside the societee directory in a terminal shell. Simply scan the QR code on your regular phone camera. This will open the Expo app on your phone with Societee.