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Chi Ian Wong
Courses Plus Student 35 PointsTrack Calories App
Hello, I am a beginner and I want to build a track calories and training diary app in Android that has a database and allows the user to add in their favorite food as well as the Macros, like a simplified version of my fitness pal. I am getting started and trying to learn all the required knowledge for building such an app. What should I use if I want to allow users to create records day by day and stored according to date (Will shared preference do the trick?). I also want them to search the database (which contains columns of calories,protein,fat..etc) and add food to the counter which then sums up the total macro. Should I use a calendar view? or how else can I refresh every day and still keep the old records. Also, How should I sum the Macros if the amount of food added is a list that is custom. (e.g I cannot create two text views that are fixed and create another one to display the sum). Any intuition or method recommendation will be sufficient. Thank you so much for your time.
2 Answers
samuel zaffran
24,815 PointsHey, it's look like you need quite a lot knowledge of android to build that kind of stuff. But i would say that the simpliest is by Firebase, but i recommand you to take the courses step by step in the order that treehouse guides you and finally you ll end up by doing pretty easily ! Hope that help !
Chi Ian Wong
Courses Plus Student 35 PointsThank you so much for answering, I am building a basic version, so sql database will do. If I have a second activity which is a list of what i ate and calories that are entred manually every date, do I have to create a new database unique for that day to store the inputs in my second activity so It will be like a diary and I can click on the date and see what I ate on that day?
Chi Ian Wong
Courses Plus Student 35 PointsChi Ian Wong
Courses Plus Student 35 PointsThank you so much for answering, I am building a basic version, so sql database will do. If I have a second activity which is a list of what i ate and calories that are entred manually every date, do I have to create a new database unique for that day to store the inputs in my second activity so It will be like a diary and I can click on the date and see what I ate on that day?