Shuttle Tracker is the Android app for RPI's real-time shuttle tracking system. It's the Android client for Shubble and talks to the same backend API, showing live shuttle locations, routes, ETAs, and schedules in a native Android app.
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- Real-time tracking - live shuttle locations on the map, polled every 5 seconds
- Route visualization - Google Map with route polylines and stops
- ETAs - live arrival time predictions per stop
- Schedule - browse the shuttle schedule by day and route
- Push notifications - Firebase Cloud Messaging for service announcements
- Home screen widget - live arrivals for all stops, or configure one stop for its full status, resizable from 2x2 up to 5x5
- Language: Kotlin
- UI: Jetpack Compose (Material 3)
- Architecture: MVVM with Hilt dependency injection
- Networking: Retrofit + kotlinx.serialization, talking to the Shubble API
- Maps: Google Maps Compose
- Local storage: Jetpack DataStore (user preferences)
- Widget: Jetpack Glance + WorkManager
- Installation - set up Android Studio, clone the repo, and get the app running on an emulator.
- Architecture - how the codebase is organized, so you know where to look (and where to add) code.
- Notifications - how to test push notifications, and how to swap in your own Firebase project if you need one.
- Shubble - the main project; this app is a client of its API
- Shuttle Tracker (iOS) - the iOS app, same backend
- Docs site - the contents of
docs/, rendered - Privacy Policy