7Meals - Smart Meal Planner 🥗

7Meals is a intelligent, premium-designed meal planning application built with React Native (Expo) and Firebase. It helps users organize their weekly meals with a focus on smart suggestions, favorites, and history tracking.

✨ Features

• Weekly Planning: Generate a stored 7-day meal plan based on your preferences (Meat, Fish, Veggie).
• Smart Algorithm:
  • Prioritizes your ❤️ Favorite meals.
  • Avoids meals you've eaten recently (Automatic tracking).
  • Duplicate Prevention: Warns if a plan forces repeats due to lack of unique meals.
• Multi-Category Support: Assign meals to multiple categories (e.g., "Veggie" AND "Low-Carb") for better organization.
• Consumption Tracking:
  • One-tap "Mark as Eaten" 🟢.
  • Auto-logs history when new plans are generated.
  • Visual history in the Meal List ("Zuletzt gegessen: 12.01.2026").
• Premium UI: Dark-mode optimized with gradients, smooth animations, and intuitive gestures.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Framework: React Native (Expo SDK 54)
• Navigation: Expo Router (File-based routing)
• Backend / DB: Firebase Firestore
• Authentication: Firebase Auth (Anonymous, Email/Password)
• Styling: StyleSheet with Custom Design System (Gradients, Glassmorphism)
• Icons: Ionicons

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js & npm
• generic Expo Go app on your phone OR Android/iOS Emulator

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Thomas-Mildner/7meals.git
   cd 7meals

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Configure Firebase

   • Create a firebaseConfig.js in config/ with your Firestore credentials.

4. Run the app

   npx expo start

📱 Project Structure

• app/: Expo Router screens (Tabs, Modals).
• components/: Reusable UI components (AddMealModal, etc.).
• context/: Global State (MealContext, AuthContext).
• hooks/: Business Logic hooks (useMealPlan).
• services/: Firebase API interactions.
• constants/: Design tokens (Colors, Layout).