Every notification should feel like the start of a story.
Ping is a conversation-first Android application that explores how meaningful conversations, thoughtful prompts, and AI can create healthier digital experiences.
Built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, Ping is developed using production-oriented Android engineering practices with a strong focus on clean architecture, maintainability, and scalability.
People don't repeatedly open messaging apps because they love chat bubbles.
They return because they anticipate something meaningful waiting for them.
Ping is built around recreating that feeling in a healthier, calmer, and more intentional way.
Messaging apps keep us coming back because every notification carries uncertainty and anticipation.
Ping explores how software can recreate that feeling through meaningful conversations, reflection, and AI—without relying on addictive feeds, endless scrolling, or vanity metrics.
Stage: 🚧 MVP Development
Current Version: v0.2.0
- Project Initialization
- Android Studio Setup
- Git & GitHub Integration
- Engineering Documentation
- Splash Screen
- Conversation-First Onboarding
- Ping Conversation Identity
- Navigation Architecture
- Navigation Compose Integration
- Message Bubble Component
- Typing Indicator Component
- Conversation Input Component
- Dark Theme
- Launcher Branding
- APK Generation
- Android Emulator Testing
- Physical Device Testing
- Welcome Experience
- Personalized Welcome Message
- Sequential Conversation Animations
- Typing Indicator Animations
- Let's Begin Action
- Home Screen Foundation
- Personalized Home Greeting
- Reflection Conversation Card
- Future Self Conversation Card
- Random Thoughts Conversation Card
- Bottom Navigation
- Personalized User Data Flow
- Welcome → Home Navigation
- Persist User Onboarding Data
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Issue #9 — Build Reflection Conversation
Build Ping's first meaningful conversation experience after onboarding: Reflection.
The goal is to allow the user to enter a reflection conversation from the Home screen and have Ping guide the interaction through thoughtful, conversational prompts.
- Reflection Conversations
- Future Self Conversations
- Search
- Profile
- Settings
- AI Integration
Ping now delivers a complete conversation-first onboarding experience with persistent user data and a continuous user interaction flow.
Current focus: Building Ping's first meaningful post-onboarding conversation — Reflection.
First Launch
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Splash Screen
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Conversation-First Onboarding
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Personalized Welcome Experience
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Let's Begin
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Save User Data
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Home Screen
Next Launch
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Splash Screen
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Read Saved User Data
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Home Screen
Ping now remembers users across app restarts.
On the first launch, users complete the conversation-first onboarding experience. Their name and onboarding completion state are persisted locally using Jetpack DataStore Preferences.
On subsequent launches, Ping reads the saved data and takes returning users directly to the Home Screen.
The experience has been tested successfully on both the Android Emulator and a physical Android device.
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Material 3
- Navigation Compose
- Jetpack DataStore Preferences
- Android Studio
- Git
- GitHub
- MVVM
- StateFlow
- Room Database
- Hilt
- Retrofit
- Firebase
- Gemini API
Project documentation evolves alongside the product and is maintained inside the docs/ directory.
Current documentation includes:
- Engineering Journal
- Product Roadmap
- GitHub Issue Documentation
Coming soon:
- Architecture Decision Records (ADR)
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Android Engineering Notes
- Changelog
Ping is built around one simple engineering principle:
Build small. Ship often. Document everything. Improve continuously.
Every feature follows a structured workflow:
Idea
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GitHub Issue
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Implementation
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Testing
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Documentation
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Release
Ping is developed using production-oriented Android engineering practices with emphasis on:
- Issue-driven development
- Conversation-first product design
- Incremental feature delivery
- Meaningful Git history
- Component reusability
- Clean Architecture
- Documentation-first development
- Continuous testing
Ping is guided by a set of product principles that shape every interaction.
- The user leads the conversation.
- Curious, never intrusive.
- Presence over productivity.
- Every conversation should feel human.
- Respect human behavior.
- Less is more.
- Respect silence.
- Remember naturally.
- Every message should have intention.
- Build trust before features.
- Splash Screen
- Conversation-First Onboarding
- Establish Ping Conversation Identity
- Welcome Experience
- Home Screen
- Persist User Onboarding Data
- Complete User Message & Continuous Onboarding Conversation
- Reflection Conversations
- Future Self Conversations
- Search
- Profile
- Settings
Ping is not only a product but also a journey toward becoming a professional Android Engineer.
Each completed feature contributes to learning modern Android development, software architecture, version control, testing, and engineering best practices.
- GitHub: https://github.com/Mdsahil01
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdsahil01
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Ping is actively evolving.
Every feature, milestone, engineering decision, and lesson learned is built one issue at a time.