Snoozeloo - Modern Android Alarm App

Snoozeloo is a modern Android alarm application developed as part of the Mobile Dev Campus Monthly Challenge by Philipp Lackner for November of 2024. It demonstrates modern Android development practices and architecture while providing a seamless alarm management experience.

Features

• 🕒 Intuitive alarm creation and management
• 🔄 Support for repeating alarms with customizable days
• 💤 Smart snooze functionality
• 🎵 Customizable alarm sounds and volume
• 📱 Material Design 3 UI with Jetpack Compose
• 🌙 Bedtime recommendations for optimal sleep
• ⚡ Reliable alarm scheduling that persists through device restarts

Technical Highlights

This project showcases modern Android development practices and technologies:

Architecture & Design Patterns

• Clean Architecture principles
• MVVM pattern with UI States
• Repository pattern for data management
• Single Activity architecture

Android Jetpack

• Compose: Modern declarative UI
• Room: Local database for alarm storage
• Hilt: Dependency injection
• WorkManager: Background task scheduling
• DataStore: Preferences storage
• Navigation: Single Activity navigation

Other Technologies & Libraries

• Kotlin: 100% Kotlin codebase with coroutines and flows
• Material Design 3: Modern and consistent UI/UX
• Version Catalog: Dependency management

Implementation Details

Alarm Scheduling

• Uses Android's AlarmManager for precise scheduling
• Handles device reboots gracefully
• Implements efficient repeat scheduling algorithms
• Smart handling of one-time vs recurring alarms

Data Persistence

• Room database for alarm storage
• Efficient BitSet encoding for repeat days
• Type converters for complex data types

Background Processing

• WorkManager for reliable background tasks
• Boot receiver for alarm rescheduling
• Broadcast receivers for alarm triggers

Building The Project

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/BLTuckerDev/Snoozeloo.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio (latest version recommended)

3. Build and run the project

Requirements

• Minimum SDK: 27 (Android 8.1)
• Target SDK: 34 (Android 14)
• Kotlin 1.9.25

Credits

This project was developed as part of the Mobile Dev Campus Monthly Challenge by Philipp Lackner. The challenge provided an opportunity to demonstrate Android development expertise while building a practical, user-focused application.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.