Your Gateway to Effortless House Hunting and Renting in Nairobi!

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• Property Listings: View properties available for rent or sale with detailed information.
• Search Functionality: Search for properties based on location, type, and other criteria.
• Interactive Map: Display properties on a map with geofencing for specific areas.
• Property Details: View comprehensive details about each property including amenities and agent contact information.
• Bookmarking: Save favorite properties for easy access later.
• Offline Access: Access saved properties without an internet connection.
• Animations: Smooth and engaging animations for UI transitions.
• Categorization: Filter properties based on categories such as apartments, villas, bungalows, and bedsitters.

• Firebase Integration: Real-time data synchronization using Firebase Realtime Database.
• Authentication: Secure user authentication with Firebase.
• Data Filtering: Efficient filtering of property listings to exclude deleted or null entries.
• Custom Animations: Use of built-in and custom animations to enhance user experience.
• Geofencing: Define and highlight specific geographic areas on the map.
• Agent Contact: Get in touch with property agents.
• Amenities Grouping: Group amenities within each property object, with randomization for certain amenities.

• Kotlin: Primary language for Android development.
• Android Studio: Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android development.
• Jetpack Compose: Modern toolkit for building native UI in a declarative way.
• Android KTX: Provides concise, idiomatic Kotlin extensions to Jetpack and Android platform APIs.
• AndroidX: Major improvement to the original Android Support Library, providing backward compatibility and other features.
• Material Library: Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android.
• Lifecycle: Lifecycle-aware components that help manage UI-related data and respond to changes in lifecycle status.
• ViewModel: Manages UI-related data in a lifecycle-conscious way.
• LiveData: Lifecycle-aware data holder with an observer pattern.
• Room Database: Abstraction layer over SQLite to allow fluent database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
• Navigation Components: Helps implement navigation within your app, from simple button clicks to more complex patterns.
• Kotlin Coroutines: Concurrency design pattern that simplifies asynchronous code execution.
• Kotlin Flows: A reactive streams API in Kotlin, used to handle streams of data asynchronously.
• WorkManager: API for deferrable background work that needs guaranteed execution.
• Hilt: Dependency injection library that simplifies the process of manual dependency injection.
• Gson: Library for converting Java Objects into JSON and vice versa.
• Coil: Fast and lightweight image loading library for Android.
• Firebase: Backend platform offering services such as real-time database, authentication, and cloud storage.
• Timber: Extensible logging library for Android.
• Notifications: Components for creating and managing notifications in Android apps.
• Google Maps SDK: SDK for integrating maps and location services into Android apps.
• GitHub Actions: Automation platform for CI/CD, enabling you to build, test, and deploy code directly from GitHub.

• Android Development
• Kotlin Programming
• Jetpack Compose
• UI/UX Design
• Firebase Integration
• Geolocation and Mapping
• JSON Parsing
• MVVM Architecture
• Dependency Injection

• MVVM Architecture: For a clean separation of concerns and easier testing.
• Jetpack Compose: For building native UIs with less code and powerful tools.
• Firebase Realtime Database: For real-time data synchronization.
• Google Maps SDK: For geolocation and mapping functionalities.
• Room Database: For offline storage and caching.
• Kotlin Coroutines For simplified asynchronous programming and concurrency.
• Dependency Injection with Hilt: For better code maintainability and testability.
• Material Design: For modern and consistent UI/UX components.

1. Clone the repository to your local machine
2. git clone https://github.com/mkaocodes/Hao-Fiti.git
3. Open the project in Android Studio.

1. Add the google-services.json file to the app directory.
2. Follow Firebase setup instructions for Android here.

1. Ensure all dependencies are installed and synced.
2. Run the project on an emulator or a physical device.

• Search Properties: Use the search bar to find properties based on your criteria.
• View Property Details: Click on a property to see detailed information.
• Bookmark Properties: Click the bookmark icon to save properties for later.
• View Bookmarked Properties: Navigate to the bookmarks section to see saved properties.
• Use the Map: View properties on the map and interact with geofenced areas.
• Schedule Appointments Schedule Appointments with agents.
• Chat or Calls with Agent via App Intiate chat with agent or make a call.

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.