iPhone App: The Munchies

Developed by

Hamra Ibrahim Smaila

&

Thierno Sow

Final Project IASP 555: Wireless Sensor and Mobile Security

Dr. John Yoon

Mercy College, New York

02 May 2018

Table of ContentsIntroduction………………………………………………...…………………………………….3

Importance of The Munchies App……………………………………………………………..4

What we did………………..…………..................…………………………………………….4

How The Munchies App works……………………………………………………………..….5

List of Food and Recipes……………………………………………………………………....5

Summary……………………………………………………………………………………….19

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..………………..20

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Introduction

Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) which supports source code for

programming languages such as C, C++, Objective-C, Objective C++, Java,

AppleScript, Ruby, Python Swift and ResEdit. It has a variety of programming models

such as Carbon, java and Cocoa that can be used to build fat files for multiple

architecture that can include both 32-bit and 64-bit code. Xcode can also be used to

compile and debug applications for iOS that run on ARM architecture processors when

used with the iOS SDK.

An application used to construct graphical user interfaces known as the built-in Interface

Builder and documentation used by most Apple’s developers are included in Xcode

suite.

Swift 4 is a powerful and easy to learn programming language. It is an intuitive

programming language, concise yet expressive and produces software that runs

lightning-fast. It delivers greater robustness and stability providing source code

compatibility with Swift 3, making improvements to the standard library, and adding features

like smart key paths and serialization, all while shortening build times and reducing the size

of app binaries.

iPhone Apps are applications developed for use on iPhone using the Xcode platform

and in our case using Swift 4 programming language. We developed an iPhone food

app called the munchies. “The munchies” is a food app that shows, describe and

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provide the recipes for some popular Nigerian dishes. The App lists out the menu, the

recipes and the steps it to make the chosen food.

Importance of The Munchies App

What is more important than food??? “The munchies” app is a food app that has a list of

foods and the recipes needed to make the food. This is an app with a list of easy and

fast to make foods that can be done in less than 45minutes. These types of foods are

nutritious, filling and time saving (efficient) which we all need as we are almost always

busy and don’t have enough time to cook for ourselves. Using this app can also help

save money as we can use it to cook at home instead of eating out. “Eating at least two

nights a week saves you an average of $26 per week” (Acorns.com, 2018).

The app also provides a convenient mobile platform to view the recipes, rather than

having to open a laptop or a desktop.

What we did

For this project, we used Swift 4 programming language on Xcode platform. We built an

iPhone food app called “The Munchies”. First we created the first view that is the view

controller and the Xcode file for the view controller. We made the “Welcome to The

Munchies” label and the “Login ID” and “Password labels”, which have an action button

labeled “Sign In”. We then created the navigation controller so that we can navigate the

app to multiple views when an action is taken. The “Decision” view controller was

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created after the navigation controller. This is the view that will be displayed after an

end-user authenticates to the app. The “Decision” viewer has eight recipe buttons with

the image of the food above it. Clicking on the recipe button will take the user to the

other Decision views, which will be displayed according to the name of food selected.

How the Munchies App works

The app has multiple views. The first view requires a login ID and a password for

authentication. Upon authentication, the user is taken to the second view which is a list

of food with the corresponding image. A user can click on the button below the food that

has the name of the food in the image directly above it. Clicking on the button will take

you to another view that has the recipe and steps to make the food the end user has

chosen.

List of Food

Scotch Eggs

Jollof Rice

Chin Chin

Bean Cake (Akara)

Bean Porridge

Okra Soup

Bean Pudding (Moi Moi)

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Peppered Chicken

For this project, we will discuss just the first four recipes.

1. Scotch Eggs

Ingredients

6 medium sized eggs

3 links of sausages

A cup of bread crumps

A cup of flour

Vegetable oil for deep frying

How to make Scotch Eggs

Boil 4 eggs till fully hard, when done put the boiled eggs in cold water, peel the

eggs when cold.

Unwrap the sausages from the casings, using a flat surface, wrap the eggs

completely with the sausages. One egg at a time.

Beat the remaining 2 eggs and keep aside as a deep for frying.

Coat the sausage covered eggs with bread crumbs, then deep them in the egg

deep.

Coat them in flour. Then fry in a deep fryer at 180 degrees Fahrenheit for 3-4

minutes till golden brown.

Serve as an appetizer, snack or entree

2. Jollof Rice

Ingredients

2 cups of Rice

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1 medium sized tomato

1 medium sized bell pepper

1 medium sized onions

½ a cup of vegetable oil

1 kg of beef

1 kg of Chicken breast

4 cups of water

Seasoning and salt to taste

How to make Jollof Rice

Blend the tomato, bell pepper and onions together.

Pour the paste in a pot and add 4 cups of water. The put it on the stove using medium

heat. Wash the beef and chicken and add them to the pot on fire.

Add salt and seasoning. Cook till meat is soft.

Add rice. Cook till rice is soft and fully cooked.

Serve as a side dish or entrée

3. Chin Chin

Ingredients 

455 Grams All Purpose Flour (3-1/2 Cups). (1/2 Cup Extra for Kneading and

Rolling)

134 Grams Granulated White Sugar (2/3 Cup)

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

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1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder

2 Large Eggs

113 Grams Cold Margarine (1/2 Cup)

1/2 Cup Milk (118 ml) (See Note 1)

1/2 Teaspoon Grated Nutmeg

Oil For deep-frying

How to make Chin Chin

Mix the dry ingredients together in a big bowl.

Add wet ingredients slowly.

Add water till all ingredients dissolve into a dough. Knead and cut into cubes

Deep fry for 5 minutes, till golden brown.

Serve as a snack, appetizer or desert

4. Beans Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Beans (black-eyed or brown beans)

• 2 habanero peppers (also chili peppers)

• 1 medium onion

• Salt to taste

Vegetable Oil for deep-frying

How to make Bean Cake (Akara)

Soak the black-eyed peas in warm water to re-hydrate if not fresh.

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Ground it with the onion and habanero peppers in a blender till paste is smooth.

Add salt to the paste for taste.

Using a spoon, scoop it into the vegetable oil for deep frying at 180 degrees

Fahrenheit till golden brown on both sides.

Serve as appetizer, entrée or desert

Fig 1. A screen shot of the first view i.e. the view controller.

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Fig 2. A screen shot of the navigation controller and view controller. This is the view of

the iPhone app where the end user authenticates to The Munchies app.

Fig 3. A screen shot of the navigation controller, view controller i.e. the first view and

decision controller i.e. the second view

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Fig 4. A screen shot of the decision controller file created using Cocoa touch class.

Fig 5. A screen shot of decision controller code file created

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Fig 5. A screen shot of all the views of in the app.

Fig 6. A screen shot of the recipe scotch eggs, which, is displayed when the button

labeled, scotch eggs under the Scotch eggs image is clicked.

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Fig 7. A screen shot of the recipe Chin Chin. This view will be displayed when the

button labeled Chin Chin under the image chin chin is clicked

Fig 8. A screen shot of the recipe Bean Cake (Akara).

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Fig 9. A screen shot of the storyboard of the app showing the view controller, the

decision controller, the decision controlller1, decision controller2, decision controller3

and the decision controller4.

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Fig 10. This is the first view of the

Munchies app. This view is displayed

when the Munchies app icon is selected.

Fig 11. This is the second view of the

Munchies app, which, is displayed after

authenticating to the app.

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Fig 12. This is third view of the

Munchies app. This view is displayed

when the recipe button Chin Chin is

clicked.

Fig 13. This is the fourth view of the

Munchies app. This view is displayed

when the recipe button scotch eggs is

clicked.

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Fig 14. This is the fifth view. This view is

displayed when the recipe button Bean

Cake (Akara) is clicked.

Fig 15. This is the sixth view. This view

is displayed when the recipe button jollof

rice under the jollof rice image is clicked.

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Fig 16. View Controller Swift Code: This ensure the end user authenticate successfully to the app.

Fig 17. Decision View Controller: Swift Code that sets the parameters for the

credentials.

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Fig 18. The Munchies app on an iPhone

Summary

The Munchies app is a very efficient app. It saves time and money. The time it takes for

the user to make the food in the app is less than the wait in most restaurants and

delivery services. The foods are healthy and very filling. Most of the foods are rich in

protein and healthy vegetable oils and fast to make. This is a very simple app, as it did

not need a lot of coding to develop. Most importantly the Munchies app is very easy to

use.

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