See Food

Android app for getting nutritional values for food

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Inspiration

Analyse out diet easily to lead a healthier life style.

What it does

  • Allows the user to take the photo of some food / dish. The app attempts to recognise the food and get generic nutritional information for it.
  • Easily keep track of diet without having to manually enter the data.

How I built it

  • Built using Kotlin and Android studio for the app. Firebase for the backend for storing the images.
  • Used Clarifai API for computer vision and image recognition.

Challenges I ran into

  • Getting an accurate enough image classification with tensor flow when we tried implementing the ML by ourself. As a result, we decided to go with Clarifai API.
  • Challenges with learning about Kotlin for Android app development. Had a confusing issue with the FileProvider API for creating temporary files.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Getting the image upload and food recognition to work

What I learned

Learnt how to create basic Android apps

What's next for See Food

  • Better UI
  • Better food recognition from image

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