Learn-gasy - mobile application to help people learn Malagasy or English

Features:

• Around 1000 phrases divided into 42 categories.
• Two operating modes where you can set Malagasy or English as primary language.
• Randomly generated answers to choose from - keeps challenges always exciting.
• “Seen” and “Learnt” phrases are easily accessible to track learning progress.
• Possibility to add new custom phrases and assign them to existing categories.
• Dark/light mode.
• Easy navigation.
• Persistent storage to track your progress between sessions.
• Once installed, application does not require internet connection.

Technology/libraries used:

• React Native
• Android Studio
• Storybook
• Screen navigation
• Redux
• Redux thunk
• Asynchronous Storage - managing data between sessions
• Bespoke lightweight translation mechanism

Installation

yarn install

Running and testing

to update stories availabe for storybook and run react-native start

yarn start

to test the app on a device (separate terminal)

yarn android

or

yarn ios

View storybook on the device

Enter dev menu on phone crtl + m (for android) select toggle storybook

Some of the known problems you might encounter

If you get

Error: spawn ./gradlew EACCES

while running yarn android

try

chmod 755 android/gradlew