First release
31 Jan 2022The original FY D screen and WhatsApp launch messages survive.SCMS FY D · Independent campus app
The app I made for my class
One place to join online classes, find resources and keep up with a timetable that changed every week.
Result so far
Shared first with my 77-person section. Classmates could join classes and find resources in one place; the launch messages capture their warm response.
My contribution
I taught myself AppGyver through its tutorials and YouTube, designed the screens and connected Google Firebase so I could change meeting links in the background. I launched an Android app and a web version in our section’s WhatsApp group, then made an iOS version and kept sharing upgrades.
The original 2022 app · timetable and class links
Open full-size image ↗01 / The problem
Where it started.
In my second semester at SCMS Pune, the online-class schedule changed every week. I kept losing the right meeting link, and so did my classmates. Resources from professors and seniors were scattered across messages. I wanted a single place we could open before class.
The decision
Give every button a practical purpose: join the right class, see the timetable or find a resource. Offer a web version as well, so classmates could use it without installing the app.
An app that felt like our class
I also put a classroom emoji and an inside joke from one of our professors into the app. People noticed immediately. Some of the replies were about the timetable; others were laughing about the buttons.
In the launch message I wrote, “I’m learning to code and it’s the first app completely made by me.” A classmate called me a “Technopreneur”. I honestly hadn’t expected that kind of response.
02 / The approach
How I worked through it.
- 01
Start with the weekly timetable and links my own classmates were struggling to find.
- 02
Learn the interface and Firebase connection through AppGyver tutorials and YouTube.
- 03
Ship the Android APK and a website link directly to our WhatsApp group on 31 January 2022.
- 04
Add an iOS version, update the links and keep sharing improvements with the group.
03 / The evidence
What the work produced.
First section
77 classmatesThe section I first shared and tested it with; not a measured active-user count.Access
Android + webAn APK and a browser link at launch; an iOS version followed.Response
Launch-day repliesClassmates welcomed it and picked up on the jokes inside the app.“This is amazing”
“Thank you man, you are amazing”
The image and excerpts come from the original launch material supplied with this story. The 77-person figure describes my first section. This is a historical project, not a current app download.
04 / Looking back
What I took away.
People still remember me as the person who made an app for them in college. I remember how much fun it was to build something for people I knew, including the jokes only our class would understand.
- The web link let classmates try it without installing anything.
- Changing meeting links meant maintaining the app mattered after launch.
What I would measure next
If I built this again, I would keep a simple release history and collect voluntary usage feedback, so I could see which parts classmates kept using.
Scope & confidentiality
The original app screen and short anonymous launch excerpts are shown. Classmates’ phone numbers, profile photos, full private conversations and actual meeting URLs are excluded.