Developers should add ''Archive chat'' and ''QR Scanner'' feature to Fire base chat demo app..

Components

The application of fire base chat demo is an application that allows users to send and receive messages in real time between registered users using the services offered by fire base. The app also integrates push notifications provided by firebase cloud messaging.

Proposal

I'm making 2 suggestion to this app...

1. I suggest that the developers of this app should add the archive feature. It saves as a type of storage for old messages that will still be useful instead of deleting them.

2. My second proposal is that they should add my a QR scanner to the app to make it easy for users to add friends in fire base chat demo, Adding this feature will make it easier for users to add friends easily without having to type or write username.

Mockups / Examples

See screenshot to see how it will look like...
when you press and hold on user...(see picture)

Then the option will pop up, then you can archive chat...(see picture)

This is how the app looks currently without the QR scanner..(see picture)

This is how it will look like when implemented...(see picture)

Benefits

1. The archive feature helps in reducing the number of chats displaying on the main interface of the app as all archived messages are being kept in a folder until needed. With this users will not have to delete messages just because they are much but can just archive them and still get them back.

2. The benefit of adding friends quickly so that users more easily in terms of adding friends, and more secure so no need to type username again, can scan through the user QR scanner more secure and fast.

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