Creating an app in Portuguese for both Android and iOS platforms presented multiple obstacles that were new to the team:

• Stripe presented local hurdles on multiple levels that required constant innovation and testing, to iron out issues and move forward. The development and production environments produced disparate results, meaning tasks that worked well in development would suddenly break in production.
• The client conceived a new invoice type. There was no previous documentation available to work from.
• Payment flow was complicated, and transactions were often auto-blocked by Stripe’s software due to cross-border legal limitations. Additionally, Stripe was not reliable when working in India (for testing).
• Social media authentication using Fireauth and Firebase relied on a database that did not follow common conventions, creating a unique conundrum. While easy to use, the database was difficult to configure.