Jhonatan Arenas 🎨
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Client For:
Internal Project
Overview
Canticles is a mobile app built with Flutter to display religious hymn lyrics in a clean and readable format. It integrates with a self hosted Appwrite backend for authentication and a MongoDB database to retrieve hymns via API. The app is fully dependent on an internet connection and is designed with performance, privacy, and a self hosted infrastructure in mind.
Challenges
Building a mobile app that consumes a custom API, maintains session security, and integrates with a self hosted backend while keeping the UI lightweight and fast.
Authentication with Appwrite
- Challenge: Ensuring secure login and session handling in a mobile first environment.
- Solution: Implemented Appwrite self hosted authentication with Flutter SDK, handling tokens and sessions securely.
API Consumption & Performance
- Challenge: Fetching hymnal data from a custom NestJS backend with optimal speed and minimal data usage.
- Solution: Integrated REST endpoints with pagination and filtering, caching queries locally for faster repeat access.
UI/UX Consistency
- Challenge: Designing a hymn reader that is both readable and performant across devices.
- Solution: Implemented a clean Flutter UI with responsive layouts, typography optimized for readability, and offline fallbacks for failed requests.
Results/Conclusion:
The final mobile app is functional, fast, and secure. It demonstrates our ability to integrate Flutter with a self hosted backend infrastructure, ensuring privacy and full control over the stack.
