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Show HN: A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
My name is Adrian. I'm a Software Engineer and I spent 6 years
developing a perimeter-based geofence-based social media app. What
it does: - Allows you to load a custom perimeter anywhere on the
geographic map (180deg E and W longitude and 90deg N and S
latitude), to cover area any area of interest - Chat rooms get
loaded within the perimeter - You can chat with people within the
perimeter I developed a mobile app that uses an advanced geofence-
based networking system from 2013 to 2019. My goal was to connect
uses within polygon geofences anywhere in the world. The app is
capable of loading millions of polygon geofences anywhere in the
world.
https://enterpriseandroidfoundation.com/assets/images/other/...
But people didn't really have a need for this. So after failing, I
spent the next 6 years trying to ideas to use FencedIn for. I tried
a location-based video app and a place-based app that had multiple
features. Nothing worked, but now I'm almost finished developing
ChatLocal, an app that allows you to load a perimeter anywhere on
the geographic map, which loads chat rooms. The tech stack is 100%
Java (low-level mostly). I have a backend, commons library and an
Android app. Java was the natural choice back in 2013. However, I
still wouldn't choose anything else today. Java is the best for
long-term large-scale projects. (I'm also using WildFly. PostgreSQL
and a Linux server.) This app is still not fully finished, but I
think the impact on society might be tremendous. The previous app
to ChatLocal, LocalVideo, is fully up on the Google Play store and
can be tested. It has 88% of the features of ChatLocal, including
especially the perimeter-based loading system. The feedback I'm
mostly looking for is new ideas and concepts to add to this
location-based social media app. And how strong of a value
proposition does the app have for society.
Author : Adrian-ChatLocl
Score : 13 points
Date : 2026-01-08 20:56 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.localvideoapp.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.localvideoapp.com)
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| Why 6 years?
| Adrian-ChatLocl wrote:
| It started with an idea to allow users to connect within
| polygon geofences anywhere on earth. Getting this system to
| work on Android with all the backend code takes a lot of time.
| The system itself loads polygon geofences 180deg E and W
| longitude and 90deg N and S latitude. And it uses perimeter-
| based loading system that crosses the antimeridian, equator and
| north and south poles.
| Adrian-ChatLocl wrote:
| I also built the entire user-based infrastructure from ground
| up in Java. That includes account settings, sign up, forgot
| and reset password, and verification codes with multiple
| settings.
|
| But the framework itself is still more complex, allowing for
| very stable long-term Android applications. It includes
| dynamic configurations parsed from the database on the
| backend and then used on the backend and Android app via the
| commons library. Dynamic user messages. A full commons REST
| framework with REST processing that's in the commons library.
|
| Overall it's a large system. And in fact, I'm getting close
| to publishing it so that users can build their own 100% Java
| full-stack Android applications:
| enterpriseandroidfoundation.com
| Adrian-ChatLocl wrote:
| Relative links that didn't get added in the comment:
|
| - LinkedIn story:
| https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/trobts37gp4gr1qk9ch...
|
| - LocalVideo:
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.localvideo...
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