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Connor Tagg
228 PointsCreating profiles within a social app
Does anyone know how I would allow users to create profiles with an avatar and short bio? Ideally I would like to create an app which acts similar to "youscan.me" where you can create a profile that you can link to your social sites?
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Stone Preston
42,016 PointsYou would have to use a backend of some kind (parse.com for example) and store the photos and info there for each user. As far as getting profile pictures etc from social media sites you could use the Facebook and Twitter APIs for that. (basically when the user logs in it asks for their permission for the app to get info from their facebook/twitter account and you grab their picture/info using the API)
Connor Tagg
228 PointsThank you so much, thats a massive help!