Cove – A Mock Ethical Marketplace

Cove is my passion project of a mock, curated marketplace of ethical businesses and quality producers. I work on this project to explore native iOS Development, UX/UI design, mobile CI/CD, and the Google Cloud Platform with Firebase.

About

This repository contains the source files for the Xcode project.

Supports iOS 16+
Uses Firebase for backend
- Firebase Auth
- Firestore
- Cloud Storage

Design Goals

Log in with popular social providers (Ex. Google, Facebook, etc).
Secure account creation with Firebase Authentication.
Support for wide range of varying products.
- Coffee
- Music
- Apparel
- Home
- Beverages
- Tea
Persistent login state.
Fetch data in real-time from Google Cloud Platform.
Search products and available filters.
Pages for individual stores/businesses/artists.
Stock checking and shipping calculation.
Product and producer promotions.
Product reviews and ratings.
Ability to favorite products.
Friend system for seeing what they’ve reviewed and favorited.
Personalized product recommendations (Based on favorites, and purchase history).

Signup Walkthrough

Left is signing up with a Social Provider (Google). Facebook sign up is also supported. Once I get an Apple Developer Account, Apple sign up will also be supported.
Right is signing up with an email (Firebase).
Both methods will create a user entry with Firebase Authentication.