Mobile AppIn Progress

MiniChat

Cross-platform mobile communication app featuring real-time chat, standard voice calling, and low-latency video streaming.

2026
MiniChat

Project Overview

A real-time messaging and media-streaming mobile application built using React Native and Expo, backed by a Node.js server and a robust PostgreSQL database. The app handles concurrent text conversations alongside native WebRTC capabilities to process stable peer-to-peer voice and video connections across varying network topologies.

Key Metrics

Real-time
Network Sync
Low-ms
Call Latency
WebRTC Native
Media Engine
Relational
DB Architecture

Tech Stack

React NativeExpoNode.jsPostgreSQLWebRTCSocket.io

Key Features

Dual Stream Media

Seamless toggle between standard voice calls and high-definition interactive video channels.

Persistent Messaging

State-managed instant text streams backed by a relational PostgreSQL message schema.

Challenges & Solutions

⚡ Challenges

  • Establishing low-latency signaling parameters for media handshakes across erratic mobile networks.
  • Efficiently managing active connection states without running down mobile device battery health.

✓ Solutions

  • Leveraging Socket.io signals to smoothly broker initial WebRTC peer configuration exchanges.
  • Decoupling intensive background socket polling and utilizing light event-driven push architectures.

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