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BiblioScope is a cross-platform mobile app that empowers users to scan, search, organize, and track their personal library collections. It combines real-time OCR (Optical Character Recognition), book discovery, and reading progress tracking with cloud sync and intuitive UX — built using modern mobile development patterns and cloud technologies. |
🔑 Test Credentials
Email: Admin@admin.comPassword: admin!
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📷 Book Scanning with OCR: Take or upload photos of book covers to extract titles using Azure Computer Vision.
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🔍 Search by Title: Search and discover books using the Hardcover GraphQL API.
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📖 Smart Library Management: Add, view, filter, and remove books from your personal cloud library.
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🔐 User Authentication: Sign in/sign out using Firebase Authentication (email/password).
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☁️ Persistent Cloud Sync: User-specific book data and profile pictures stored via Firebase Firestore and Firebase Storage.
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💡 Personalized UX: Profile page, genre filters, dynamic home page recommendations, and status badges.
| Layer | Savings |
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| Frontend UI | .NET MAUI (C# XAML) |
| Architecture | MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) |
| Cloud Functions | Azure Computer Vision for OCR |
| Backend Storage | Firebase Firestore (NoSQL), Firebase Storage |
| Authentication | Firebase Authentication (email/password) |
| API Integration | Hardcover.app GraphQL API |
| State Management | ObservableCollection<T>, CommunityToolkit MVVM |
| Area | Concept |
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| Software Engineering | MVVM architecture, code separation, reusable UI components |
| Mobile Computing | Cross-platform app development (iOS + Android) |
| Cloud Computing | RESTful + GraphQL API calls, Firebase backend, Azure service integration |
| Data Structures | ObservableCollections, Dictionary mapping for GraphQL/Firestore serialization |
| Concurrency | Async/await patterns for HTTP calls, OCR processing, media access |
| Security | Token-based Firebase authentication |
| UX Design | Gesture recognizers, dynamic image handling, genre filter chips, responsive layouts |
UserLibraryPage.xaml <- View (XAML UI)
LibraryViewModel.cs <- ViewModel (business logic, data bindings)
UserLibrary.cs <- Model (singleton data store for user's books)
FirestoreService.cs <- Service (cloud sync operations)
ScanBookPage <- View with camera/OCR flow
PossibleMatchesPage <- View that presents matched search results
BookDetailPage <- Detail view with "Add to Library" logic
git clone https://github.com/adolfo-david-romero/BiblioScope.gitOpen in Visual Studio 2022+/Jetbrains Rider with .NET MAUI workload installed
Add your Azure Computer Vision and Firebase config in environment config
David Romero: Computer Science -- Mobile Computing, Sheridan College