Movie Mate is a React Native + Expo application that helps users discover the latest and trending movies effortlessly. It fetches real-time movie data, displays descriptions and posters, and even stores user queries using Appwrite — giving users a personalized movie discovery experience.
The APK is available in the Releases section for easy download.
- 🆕 Latest Movies – Get up-to-date movie listings as soon as they’re released.
- 🔥 Trending Movies – See what’s popular and trending right now.
- 📝 Movie Descriptions – Detailed overviews, posters, and other movie info.
- 💾 Query Storage with Appwrite – Stores user search queries securely for analytics and personalization.
- ⚡ Built with React Native + Expo – Fast, cross-platform mobile app development.
| Technology | Purpose |
|---|---|
| React Native | Frontend framework for building the mobile UI |
| Expo | Toolchain for building and deploying the app |
| Appwrite | Backend-as-a-service for database and authentication |
| TMDB API (or similar) | Movie data source (you can replace this with the actual API you used) |
Follow these steps to run the app locally:
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Nil369/movie-mate.git
# Navigate to project directory
cd movie-mate
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Start Expo development server
npx expo startThen scan the QR code with the Expo Go app on your phone to preview the app.
- The user opens the app and browses latest or trending movies.
- When a user searches for a movie, their query is stored in Appwrite.
- Movie data is fetched from the external API and displayed beautifully with images and descriptions.
- The app provides a smooth, native-like user experience on both Android and iOS.
You can download the latest version of the app from the Releases page.
- 🔍 Add movie filtering (by genre, rating, etc.)
- ❤️ Enable favorites and watchlist functionality
- 🌙 Implement dark/light mode
- 💬 Add user reviews or comments
Contributions are welcome! If you’d like to contribute:
- Fork the repo
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/YourFeature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/YourFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Akash Halder 🎓 B.Tech CSE (AI) | 💼 Full Stack Developer 🔗 LinkedIn
This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.