Gurucool: Shloka ship karna, phir app ko iOS par laana

Problem

Main Gurucool mein ek app engineer ke taur par join hua aur mujhe lagatar do bahut alag mandate mile. Pehla, scratch se ek bilkul naya app banao. Phir, us app ko fix karo jo company ke paas pehle se tha: ek React Native product jo Android par ship hota tha par jiska koi iOS version tha hi nahi.

Shloka, scratch se banaya

Mera pehla project Shloka tha, ek aisa app jo users ko kisi calm aur daily cheez ki taraf wapas laane ke liye banaya gaya tha: Bhagavad Gita ke shlok. Backend mein shloko ka poora collection tha, aur har ek ke saath uska translation, transliteration, commentary, aur meaning tha. Maine app ko isi ke ird-gird banaya: ek clean reading experience jo backend se ek shlok aur uske context ki layers kheenchta hai aur unhe simply present karta hai. Maine ise zero se iOS aur Android dono par banaya aur ship kiya.

Gurucool ko iOS par laana

Gurucool khud ek astrology guidance app hai: log certified jyotishiyon se pyaar, career, shaadi, health, aur paise ke baare mein daily horoscope, chat, on-call sessions, aur live video ke through salah lete hain, jo Vedic astrology, tarot, numerology, aur vastu par based hai. Real-time consultation par yahi focus wajah hai ki app chat aur live sessions par itna depend karta hai, wahi do cheezein jinhe maine aage banaya aur fix kiya.

Phir main Gurucool app team mein aaya. App ek akela React Native codebase tha, par usse sirf Android hi kabhi build hua tha. Koi iOS app nahi tha, aur, jaisa mujhe pata chala, project mein koi ios folder hi nahi tha. To pehla kaam tha iOS ko existence mein laana: maine existing React Native repo ke andar ios project aur uska native scaffolding banaya, phir us har cheez ki lambi kataar se guzra jo tab tootti hai jab koi codebase kabhi iOS ko target hi nahi karta. Pods install nahi ho rahe the, app build nahi ho raha tha, app start nahi ho raha tha. Maine har issue ko tab tak fix kiya jab tak ye compile aur run na ho gaya, iOS app ko Android ke poore level tak laya, aur use App Store par publish kiya.

Wahan se, iOS mera tha. Maine iOS app ko poori tarah own kiya aur team ke saath dono platforms ko milkar handle kiya.

Maine kin cheezon par kaam kiya

GraphQL subscriptions par ek chat system. Maine app ki chat aisi banayi ki messages GraphQL subscriptions par chalein, taaki baat-cheet bina polling ke live rahe.

Live video. Agora pehle se integrated tha par buggy tha. Maine issues par kaam kiya aur bugs fix kiye taaki live sessions asal mein tik saken.

Engagement ke liye CleverTap. Maine CleverTap integrate kiya taaki team dekh sake ki app kaise use ho raha hai aur lifecycle messaging chala sake.

Structure aur optimization. Maine app ki files aur folders dobara organize kiye aur project ko clean kiya taaki ye sirf kaam karne wala nahi, balki maintainable aur fast ho.

Outcome

Dono apps ship hue. Shloka zero se iOS aur Android par nikla. Gurucool app Android-only se ek poori iOS presence tak pahuncha jise maine ek aise codebase se banaya aur publish kiya jo kabhi iOS ke liye compile hi nahi hua tha, phir ye mere saath iOS owner ke taur par ek do-platform team mein chala. Saar seedha hai: main ek app ko jahan bhi wo ho, missing, aadha-bana, ya messy, wahan se shipped aur maintainable tak le jaata hoon.