Schaden To Go was my first paid freelance project -- a cross-platform mobile app built for VSB, an insurance services company. Despite a limited budget and no dedicated UX or UI designer, the project shipped with some technically ambitious features.

What It Did

The app allowed insurance adjusters to document and report damage on-site using their mobile devices. It included SFTP-based file uploads for securely transmitting documentation back to the office.

Video Calling and Screen Annotation

The standout feature was a built-in video call system using Quickblox for peer-to-peer connections. On top of that, I implemented a one-way screen pointer indication system -- one party could annotate their screen, and those annotations would appear on the other device in real time. This required a custom message protocol with relative screen size translation to account for different device dimensions.

Tech Stack

The Android app was written in Java and the iOS version in Objective-C. User authentication was handled through parse.com, which was the go-to backend-as-a-service at the time.