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+# Hankers — Cross-Platform Mobile App
+
+
+

+
Modern Social Networking App — Flutter
+
A scalable, cross-platform mobile application for the Hankers platform
+
Built once, deployed everywhere — Android & iOS
+
🔗 Live Platform: hankers.tech
+
+
+---
+
+## 📌 Overview
+
+**Hankers Mobile App** is a **production-ready cross-platform application** built with **Flutter** and **Dart**, designed to deliver a smooth, high-performance social networking experience on **Android and iOS**.
+
+The app follows a **feature-first, layered architecture**, aligning closely with the Hankers frontend and backend systems. It prioritizes:
+
+- Maintainability and scalability
+- Clean architecture principles
+- Predictable state management
+- Real-world mobile engineering practices
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Key Mobile Features
+
+* 🔐 **Authentication**
+ - Login, signup, OTP verification
+ - Secure token handling
+ - Persistent sessions
+
+* 📰 **Home Feed**
+ - Infinite scrolling timeline
+ - Posts, replies, likes, reposts
+ - Optimized API pagination
+
+* 👤 **User Profiles**
+ - Avatars, bios, cover photos
+ - Follow / unfollow users
+ - Profile editing
+
+* 🔍 **Explore & Search**
+ - Trending topics & hashtags
+ - User and post search
+ - Filters & sorting
+
+* 💬 **Messaging**
+ - Real-time one-to-one chats
+ - Group conversations
+ - Typing & read indicators
+
+* 🔔 **Notifications**
+ - Real-time updates
+ - Push notification support
+ - Unread badge tracking
+
+* ⚙️ **Settings**
+ - Account & privacy controls
+ - Notification preferences
+ - Theme & language options
+
+---
+
+## 🧱 Architecture Philosophy
+
+The mobile app follows **Clean Architecture** adapted for Flutter, with a **Feature-First structure**.
+
+Each feature is:
+
+- Isolated and independently testable
+- Separated into presentation, domain, and data layers
+- Easy to scale and refactor
+
+> ✅ This approach is widely used in production Flutter apps and large teams.
+
+---
+
+## 🛠 Tech Stack
+
+### Core
+
+- **Framework**: Flutter
+- **Language**: Dart
+- **Platforms**: Android, iOS
+
+### State & Architecture
+
+- **State Management**: BLoC / Cubit
+- **Architecture**: Clean Architecture
+- **Dependency Injection**: get_it / injectable
+
+### Data & Networking
+
+- **API Communication**: REST
+- **HTTP Client**: Dio
+- **Serialization**: json_serializable
+- **Local Storage**: SharedPreferences / Hive
+
+### Real-Time & Notifications
+
+- **WebSockets**: Socket.IO / native sockets
+- **Push Notifications**: Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)
+
+### Testing & Quality
+
+- **Unit Tests**: flutter_test
+- **Widget Tests**
+- **Integration Tests**
+- **Linting**: flutter_lints
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### 1️⃣ Install Dependencies
+
+```bash
+flutter pub get
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🔄 Cross Team
+