Changelog

v1.0.0 — 24 October 2026

First public release of Go4Ride: a complete taxi and ride-hailing platform with a Customer App, a Driver App, a Flutter Web Admin Panel and a serverless Firebase backend. No VPS, PHP or MySQL.

Platform

• Pub workspace monorepo: apps/customer_app, apps/driver_app, apps/admin_panel, shared packages/core (models, enums), packages/data (repositories), packages/services (maps, location, push, payments) and packages/ui_kit (white-label theme and widgets), plus functions, firebase and tests/rules.
• Firebase backend: Authentication (phone OTP for the apps, e-mail and password for the admin), Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database for live driver positions (driver_locations), Cloud Storage (KYC documents, support photos, admin uploads), Cloud Functions v2 in TypeScript on Node 20, and Firebase Cloud Messaging.
• Roles as custom claims: admin, staff, dispatcher, driver and customer. Staff and dispatchers are created by the admin through Cloud Functions (createStaffUser, updateStaff, deleteStaff) with per-module permissions.
• White-label branding through one BrandConfig per app: name, colours, currency, dial code. Light and dark themes in every app.

Customer App (Android & iOS)

• Phone login with a 6-digit SMS code and first-time profile.
• Home with live map, promo banners and admin-managed services: City cab, Intercity sharing, Intercity personal, Rental (hourly packages) and Parcel (receiver details).
• Place search, GPS pickup, route-based fare estimate per vehicle type, promo codes, female drivers only option.
• Payment by Cash, Go4Ride Wallet or online with Razorpay (UPI, cards, netbanking), Stripe Checkout or PayPal, all through hosted checkouts verified on the server.
• Live ride screen: status timeline, driver card with call button, driver position on the map, 4-digit start OTP, cancellation with admin-managed reasons, SOS alert with emergency call.
• Wallet with top-ups inside admin limits and a full transaction list. Ride history.
• Help centre with topics, tickets with a photo, live chat with support, contact channels, About / Privacy / Terms pages.
• Live maintenance mode and minimum version (optional or forced update) gates.

Driver App (Android & iOS)

• Onboarding slides, phone login, vehicle registration from the admin catalogue (types, brands, models).
• KYC: admin-defined document types with front / back photos and expiry dates, per-document status, rejection reasons and re-upload.
• Going online with checks for approval, location permission and minimum wallet. Live location to the Realtime Database.
• Incoming requests with an accept window, atomic accept, trip panel (navigate to pickup, arrived with waiting timer, OTP-verified start, hold, complete), driver cancellation reasons, SOS.
• Earnings and wallet, withdrawal requests, subscription plans paid from the wallet, trip history, support tickets and chat.

Admin Panel (Flutter Web)

• Premium black and white interface with light / dark mode and a collapsible sidebar.
• Dashboard, bookings per service, dispatch monitor and dispatch users, SOS alerts, customers, drivers with KYC review, online drivers map, support overview and tickets.
• Catalogue: services, zones with local fares and surge, rental packages, vehicle types, brands and models, driver documents, with Load defaults on empty pages.
• Growth: offers, banners, onboarding, push notifications, e-mail templates, achievement badges.
• Finance: subscription plans and history, payout requests.
• Roles and employees. Settings: general, app theme and versions, app settings, maps, maintenance, business model (commission, cancellation charge, ride OTP), driver and ride rules, surge, payment methods and secrets, SMTP, landing page, contact.

Backend

• onRideCreated dispatch to online, approved, unblocked drivers inside the search radius with enough wallet, noDriversFound when nobody is available, expireRideRequests every minute.
• Settlement once per ride: commission (percentage or fixed) unless a paid subscription waives it, wallet movements for cash, wallet and online rides, ledger rows in transactions.
• Late cancellation fee charged to the rider's wallet and paid to the driver.
• Payments: createPayment, paymentReturn (Razorpay signature and link status, Stripe session status, PayPal capture) and checkPayment, idempotent. Gateway secrets in secure_settings/payment, readable only by admins and functions.
• reviewKyc, approveWithdrawal, purchaseSubscription, sendBroadcast, daily analytics rollup.
• Security rules for Firestore, Storage and the Realtime Database, with rules tests. Jest tests for pricing, Dart tests for the apps.

Known limitations in 1.0.0

• The apps do not save the FCM device token yet, so personal ride pushes need the small addition in Push Notifications. Topic broadcasts work.
• The fare charged is the in-app estimate from the vehicle type. Zone fares and surge are used by calculateFare, which the Customer App does not call yet.
• No in-app account deletion, rating screen, driver wallet top-up or driver bidding screen.
• The driver shares location only while the app is in the foreground.

Updating an existing installation

1. Back up Firestore (Backups & Monitoring) and commit your own changes in Git.
2. Merge the new version. Keep your secret/app_keys.env, firebase_options.dart, google-services.json, GoogleService-Info.plist, .firebaserc, both android/key.properties, the keystores and your branding assets.
3. Backend: cd functions && npm install && npm run build, then firebase deploy --only firestore:rules,firestore:indexes,storage,database,functions.
4. Admin Panel: build and deploy to Hosting (Hosting, Domain & SSL).
5. Apps: increase version: in each pubspec.yaml, build the bundles and upload them (Customer App release, Driver App release).