An app to get familiar with React Native!

This project is managed by Expo. To run the app, do npm i and then either npm start or npx expo start.

• As a new user, I want to be able to easily enter a chat room so I can quickly start talking to my friends and family.
• As a user, I want to be able to send messages to my friends and family members to exchange the latest news.
• As a user, I want to send images to my friends to show them what I’m currently doing.
• As a user, I want to share my location with my friends to show them where I am.
• As a user, I want to be able to read my messages offline so I can reread conversations at any time.
• As a user with a visual impairment, I want to use a chat app that is compatible with a screen reader so that I can engage with a chat interface.

• A page where users can enter their name and choose a background color for the chat screen before joining the chat.
• A page displaying the conversation, as well as an input field and submit button.
• The chat must provide users with two additional communication features: sending images and location data.
• Data gets stored online and offline.

• The app must be written in React Native.
• The app must be developed using Expo.
• The app must be styled according to the given screen design.
• Chat conversations must be stored in Google Firestore Database.
• The app must authenticate users anonymously via Google Firebase authentication.
• Chat conversations must be stored locally.
• The app must let users pick and send images from the phone’s image library.
• The app must let users take pictures with the device’s camera app, and send them.
• The app must store images in Firebase Cloud Storage.
• The app must be able to read the user’s location data.
• Location data must be sent via the chat in a map view.
• The chat interface and functionality must be created using the Gifted Chat library.
• The app’s codebase must contain comments.