Claude to build a border trip logger for Android

Michael de Haas built his first Android application with Claude Code in less than twenty four hours. WorkTravelLogger was intended to record border trips and present a rolling day counter, rather than asking him to reconstruct that history at the end of each month.

He described a phased build with a reviewed architecture, local storage through Room and SQLite, and four Jetpack Compose screens. The reported application included geofenced border events, a rolling six month counter and monthly PDF or CSV exports through Android's share sheet.

The work was not a single prompt followed by an untouched result. De Haas reviewed every phase and worked through implementation problems with the agent. Those included a KSP version conflict, a mismatch between package names and directory structure, and emulator issues. His account emphasizes methodical correction and checking the application as the build progressed.

The outcome was a functioning application as reported by its author. The post does not provide a log of real border crossings or an immigration authority's assessment of its calculations. It should therefore be read as a personal travel record tool, not validated proof of legal status. The concrete output is local trip recording with exportable monthly records, produced through an iterative build under human review.

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Source: www.linkedin.com · Michael de Haas