Petlink
Petlink
Created an innovative animal adoption app, enhancing user engagement through a modern Material You design. Utilized ARCore to enable immersive pet visualization features and implemented Glide for efficient image loading and caching.
Research
Research
The development of Petlink was inspired by research into the challenges of animal adoption, where many potential pet owners find it difficult to connect with animals in need due to the lack of interactive, visual tools. Interviews with users revealed that people wanted a more immersive, engaging way to explore adoption options, beyond just static images or text. Additionally, feedback highlighted the importance of an intuitive, modern interface to keep users engaged and encourage adoption decisions. Our research also found that AR (augmented reality) features, such as visualizing pets in a real-world environment, could significantly enhance user engagement by allowing potential adopters to interact with animals in a way that feels more personal and tangible. The result of this research is Petlink, a pet adoption app that combines ARCore with Material You (Material 3) design to create an engaging, visually appealing experience that connects users to pets in need of a home.
The development of Petlink was inspired by research into the challenges of animal adoption, where many potential pet owners find it difficult to connect with animals in need due to the lack of interactive, visual tools. Interviews with users revealed that people wanted a more immersive, engaging way to explore adoption options, beyond just static images or text. Additionally, feedback highlighted the importance of an intuitive, modern interface to keep users engaged and encourage adoption decisions. Our research also found that AR (augmented reality) features, such as visualizing pets in a real-world environment, could significantly enhance user engagement by allowing potential adopters to interact with animals in a way that feels more personal and tangible. The result of this research is Petlink, a pet adoption app that combines ARCore with Material You (Material 3) design to create an engaging, visually appealing experience that connects users to pets in need of a home.
Research
The development of Petlink was inspired by research into the challenges of animal adoption, where many potential pet owners find it difficult to connect with animals in need due to the lack of interactive, visual tools. Interviews with users revealed that people wanted a more immersive, engaging way to explore adoption options, beyond just static images or text. Additionally, feedback highlighted the importance of an intuitive, modern interface to keep users engaged and encourage adoption decisions. Our research also found that AR (augmented reality) features, such as visualizing pets in a real-world environment, could significantly enhance user engagement by allowing potential adopters to interact with animals in a way that feels more personal and tangible. The result of this research is Petlink, a pet adoption app that combines ARCore with Material You (Material 3) design to create an engaging, visually appealing experience that connects users to pets in need of a home.
Development
Development
Petlink was developed as an interactive, user-friendly mobile app designed to make pet adoption more engaging and visually immersive. The app was built using Java for its core functionality, ensuring compatibility and performance across Android devices, while XML was used to create a modern and visually appealing user interface, optimized for Material You (Material 3) design principles. To enable immersive pet visualization, ARCore was integrated, allowing users to view adoptable animals in their real-world environment, helping them get a better sense of size and presence before making adoption decisions. Glide was implemented for efficient image loading and caching, ensuring that high-quality pet images load quickly and seamlessly, even in areas with slower network speeds. Firebase was used to manage real-time data, including pet profiles, adoption status, and user interactions. DataBinding was incorporated to simplify the binding of UI components to app data, ensuring that the app remains responsive and efficient as users browse available pets.
Petlink was developed as an interactive, user-friendly mobile app designed to make pet adoption more engaging and visually immersive. The app was built using Java for its core functionality, ensuring compatibility and performance across Android devices, while XML was used to create a modern and visually appealing user interface, optimized for Material You (Material 3) design principles. To enable immersive pet visualization, ARCore was integrated, allowing users to view adoptable animals in their real-world environment, helping them get a better sense of size and presence before making adoption decisions. Glide was implemented for efficient image loading and caching, ensuring that high-quality pet images load quickly and seamlessly, even in areas with slower network speeds. Firebase was used to manage real-time data, including pet profiles, adoption status, and user interactions. DataBinding was incorporated to simplify the binding of UI components to app data, ensuring that the app remains responsive and efficient as users browse available pets.
Development
Petlink was developed as an interactive, user-friendly mobile app designed to make pet adoption more engaging and visually immersive. The app was built using Java for its core functionality, ensuring compatibility and performance across Android devices, while XML was used to create a modern and visually appealing user interface, optimized for Material You (Material 3) design principles. To enable immersive pet visualization, ARCore was integrated, allowing users to view adoptable animals in their real-world environment, helping them get a better sense of size and presence before making adoption decisions. Glide was implemented for efficient image loading and caching, ensuring that high-quality pet images load quickly and seamlessly, even in areas with slower network speeds. Firebase was used to manage real-time data, including pet profiles, adoption status, and user interactions. DataBinding was incorporated to simplify the binding of UI components to app data, ensuring that the app remains responsive and efficient as users browse available pets.
Tech Stack
Tech Stack
Petlink was built using Java for Android development, providing a reliable and flexible foundation for the app’s functionality. The user interface is powered by XML and follows Material You (Material 3) design guidelines, ensuring a modern, dynamic, and visually appealing experience across a wide range of Android devices. To offer users a more immersive adoption experience, ARCore was integrated to enable the visualization of pets in a real-world context, helping potential adopters interact with animals before meeting them in person. For image management, Glide was used to efficiently load and cache high-quality pet images, improving the app's performance and user experience. Firebase supports real-time data synchronization, ensuring up-to-date pet listings and adoption statuses. Lastly, DataBinding was implemented to simplify the app’s architecture and improve its efficiency in updating UI elements with real-time data from the backend.
Petlink was built using Java for Android development, providing a reliable and flexible foundation for the app’s functionality. The user interface is powered by XML and follows Material You (Material 3) design guidelines, ensuring a modern, dynamic, and visually appealing experience across a wide range of Android devices. To offer users a more immersive adoption experience, ARCore was integrated to enable the visualization of pets in a real-world context, helping potential adopters interact with animals before meeting them in person. For image management, Glide was used to efficiently load and cache high-quality pet images, improving the app's performance and user experience. Firebase supports real-time data synchronization, ensuring up-to-date pet listings and adoption statuses. Lastly, DataBinding was implemented to simplify the app’s architecture and improve its efficiency in updating UI elements with real-time data from the backend.
Tech Stack
Petlink was built using Java for Android development, providing a reliable and flexible foundation for the app’s functionality. The user interface is powered by XML and follows Material You (Material 3) design guidelines, ensuring a modern, dynamic, and visually appealing experience across a wide range of Android devices. To offer users a more immersive adoption experience, ARCore was integrated to enable the visualization of pets in a real-world context, helping potential adopters interact with animals before meeting them in person. For image management, Glide was used to efficiently load and cache high-quality pet images, improving the app's performance and user experience. Firebase supports real-time data synchronization, ensuring up-to-date pet listings and adoption statuses. Lastly, DataBinding was implemented to simplify the app’s architecture and improve its efficiency in updating UI elements with real-time data from the backend.
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