TryThisFood — Cross-platform Food Discovery App

People want fast, simple ways to discover, identify, and share food-related content while on the go—but existing apps either force too many menus, require manual typing, or send huge images that slow uploads and waste bandwidth.

Built a cross-platform Flutter application (Android / iOS / Web) backed by Supabase for auth, database, and storage, and integrated Firebase for push delivery and local notifications. The app lets users quickly capture or pick images, compresses uploads client-side, uses Google ML Kit image labeling to identify food items, and overlays results on a map with location services (Google Maps + Geolocator). Deep links, Google Sign-In, and share flows make content easy to publish and share.

Shipping mobile apps requires balancing UX, reliability, and operational cost. Implementing client-side image compression and incremental uploads taught me how much mobile bandwidth matters. Integrating ML Kit revealed practical limits of on-device labeling (pre- and post-processing matter). Building robust auth flows with Supabase and Google Sign-In helped me solidify secure token handling and session persistence across platforms.