Role
Operational Team Leader
Gazzetta Point
Mobile development tech lead
Gazzetta Point makes use of geolocation features to allow users to read the day's edition of the newspaper at specific points of interest. When the user is at a point of interest, he is allowed 15 minutes of reading the day's La Gazzetta dello Sport. The solution includes a backend that allows you to manage points of interest.
Project highlights
Team and results
Team size
3 people
Technologies
Languages and frameworks
Native development
Swift, Kotlin
Layout
UIKit, Android XML Layout
Analytics
Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics
Geolocation
Core Location, Android Location APIs
Push Notifications
Firebase Cloud Messaging
Cloud
Firebase, Google Cloud Platform
Code versioning
Git, Standard Git Flow
CI\CD
Azure DevOps
Project management
Jira, Confluence, OmniPlan
Screenshots
App preview
Download the app
Try it on your device
Problems and solutions
The challenges we faced
Safe newspaper access during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patrons of bars and restaurants were prohibited from reading physical newspapers provided at the venue to prevent the spread of the virus. The Gazzetta Point app was created to allow users to access the newspaper on their own device while at their favorite venue, in complete safety.
Guarantee of anonymity in newspaper access
Customers at a bar are not required to show their ID to the manager in order to read the physical newspaper. To replicate this same experience in the app, authentication and tracking features were disabled. The device is identified in a way that cannot be linked to a specific individual, solely for the purpose of ensuring that the user can read within the time granted by the system.