MARIO MANHIQUE

Passionate Android Developer with 2 years of experience crafting and deploying high-performing mobile applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Adept at implementing MVVM and MVP patterns to ensure clean, maintainable code. Successfully integrated third-party APIs using Retrofit for enhanced functionality. Experienced with MultiModular Architecture and fluent in version control and DevOps practices. Proven ability to build robust APIs using Spring Boot. Proven track record of exceeding expectations and delivering projects with positive returns for teams.

1. Revamped Weather App to Industry Standard

Led the transformation of a weather application into an industry-standard platform during an intensive course.

Key Features:

• Real-Time and Extended Forecast
• Global Location Search
• Personalized Favorites
• Temperature Visualization

Key Technologies Utilized:

• Kotlin programming language
• Jetpack Compose
• Dagger Hilt (Dependency Injection)
• Clean Architecture
• Version control with Git and GitHub
• MVVM Architectural Design Pattern
• ROOM Database for local data persistence
• Kotlin Coroutines for efficient asynchronous programming
• Kotlin Flows for reactive data streams
• Retrofit with OkHttp for efficient and robust network requests
• Google Fonts for a visually appealing and customizable typography

Achievements:

• Successfully revamped the user interface (UI) for an improved user experience, integrating advanced features like real-time weather updates, global location search, and personalized favorites.
• Received positive user feedback, highlighting the improved UI/UX and advanced functionalities.

Developed Event Management App for Programming Workshop

Developed a functional Event Management App (KhoEvent) as part of the curriculum for a programming workshop I led on Android development.This app provided attendees with:

• Secure User Authentication (JWT)
• Event Listing for Easy Participation
• Event Creation Tool for Coding Communities (if applicable)

Key Technologies Utilized:

• Kotlin programming language
• Jetpack Compose
• Dagger Hilt (Dependency Injection)
• Clean Architecture
• MVVM Architectural Design Pattern
• Datastore with JSON for local data persistence
• Version control with Git and GitHub
• Kotlin Coroutines for efficient asynchronous programming
• Kotlin Flows for reactive data streams
• Retrofit with OkHttp for efficient and robust network requests
• Google Fonts for a visually appealing and customizable typography.

Achievements:

• Guided students through the development process, empowering them to build core functionalities like user authentication, event listing, and (if applicable) event creation.
• Leveraged modern Android development tools and best practices to create a functional and user-friendly application within the workshop timeframe.

3. African Pages App

African Pages is a mobile application under development, designed to foster a vibrant writing and reading community in Africa. It empowers aspiring writers to share their stories and allows readers to discover a diverse range of African literature.

Key Features:

• Secure User Authentication (JWT)
• Create, View, Delete and Edit Books
• Create, View, Delete and Edit Chapter
• Read Book
• Bookmark
• Image upload to Cloudinary
• Search Books by Book Title, Author or Book Genre
• Push Notifications
• Dynamic Theme Change

Key Technologies Utilized:

Back-End

• Dedicated Backend built in Java using Spring Boot framework.
• PostgreSQL Database
• Cloudinary Storage
• Docker and Docker Hub for containerization and deployment
• Render for backend deployment
• Version control with Git and GitHub
• Automated build and deploy using GitHub Actions

Front-End

• Kotlin programming language
• Jetpack Compose (UI framework)
• Dagger Hilt (Dependency Injection)
• Clean Architecture and MVVM Design Patterns
• Datastore with JSON for local data persistence
• Version control with Git and GitHub
• Kotlin Coroutines and Flows for asynchronous programming and reactive data streams
• Retrofit with OkHttp for efficient and robust network requests
• Room Database for local data persistence
• Google Fonts for a visually appealing and customizable typography