Access Expense Registration Offline with Draft Persistence
Peer mentors often register expenses directly after home visits or community activities, which may occur in areas with limited mobile coverage. The app must allow the expense form to be completed offline, save the draft locally using the local distance cache and storage adapters, and automatically attempt submission when connectivity is detected. The draft should be clearly marked as 'Pending Upload' in the expense list. Receipt images should also be queued for upload. The auto-approval evaluation must run server-side once connectivity is restored, not client-side, to ensure threshold configurations are current.
User Story
Acceptance Criteria
- Given I am offline, when I open the expense registration screen, then the form is fully functional and I can enter all expense details
- Given I complete an expense form while offline, when I tap 'Submit', then the claim is saved as a local draft and marked 'Pending Upload' in my expense list
- Given a draft exists and connectivity is restored, when the app detects network access, then the draft is automatically submitted to the server without requiring manual action
- Given a receipt image was attached offline, when the draft is submitted, then the image is uploaded as part of the same submission without loss
- Given I reopen the app offline with a saved draft, when I view the expense list, then the draft is visible with a clear 'Pending Upload' indicator
- Given a background submission attempt fails after connectivity is restored, when the error occurs, then a notification informs me to retry and the draft is preserved
Business Value
Many peer mentor activities occur in homes, care facilities, and rural areas where mobile coverage is unreliable. Offline capability ensures that registrations happen at the point of activity rather than being postponed and forgotten, directly addressing the underreporting problem identified as the primary challenge in all three organizations' workshops.
Components
- Expense Registration Screen ui
- Expense Form BLoC service
- Expense Submission Service service
- Local Distance Cache infrastructure
- Receipt Storage Adapter data
- Expense Repository data
- Local Storage Adapter infrastructure
- Auto-Approval Threshold Evaluator service
- Expense Threshold Configuration infrastructure