Citykey is an urban living companion developed by Deutsche Telekom AG, designed to enhance the experience of residents and visitors in German cities. The app provides easy access to local services, events, and transportation information, making it a must-have tool for navigating urban environments. It is the digital way to access the citizen services.
Please visit the website for more information!
Citykey app is free for downloading available on the AppStore
- Garbage collection calendar:🚛:
- Distinguish between different types of garbage, such as residual waste, waste paper and organic waste
- Always up-to-date and street-accurate
- The smart garbage collection calendar helps you plan weeks in advance
- Find events / activities:🎭:
Always stay in the loop about interesting events in your city!
- Find festivals, events and cultural activities in your area
- Use built-in filters for your interests
- Citykey shows you an overview of upcoming events
- Share exciting events with your friends over Citykey
- Add activities and events to your calendar
- News:🛰:
- Keep track of the latest city-related news
- Get daily updates about important topics, such as culture, community, citizens, nature and helpful news
- Book appointments with offices:👨💼:
- Book appointments with your local office and minimize waiting times when dealing with authorities
- Ensure you have all documents required for your appointment and get the location to easily find the office
- Digital administration with your eID:📱:
- Fill out forms for various administrative purposes
- Citykey supports the Online ID (eID) of the ID card for identification on the Internet, so you can use even more citizen services digitally and mobile-friendly. The electronic residence permit is also supported
- Take care of common applications in no time at all, such as applying for a resident parking permit or changing your residency
- Citizen participation:📝:
Shaping the city together is now made even easier.
- Take part in surveys on urban development and all projects that affect you
- View all ongoing surveys in an overview
- Interesting places:🌃:
New to your city? Get the best tips and first-hand information.
- Find out what characterizes the city and which places are worth a visit
- The app helps you find your way around and get familiar with the city faster
- Defect reporter:🤳🚧:
A deep pothole in the road, a crooked guard rail or a defective street light caught your eye?
- Report damaged or defective infrastructure to the city
- Detail your request, simply by sending a photo with a location marker
If you want to start working on Citykey and if you haven't done already, you should familiarize yourself with iOS development and set up a development environment.
The first step is to clone the source code repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/telekom/CityKey-iOS.git
Install the pods using pod install.
Use CityKey Release scheme variant to run the application for debugging purpose.
Code contributions are welcome!
You should fork the repo as described here.
See the issues list for bug reports: Citykey-iOS issues.
Before adding new features, please create an issue, or contact us.
See the CONTRIBUTING file for more details.
All the relevant documentation for this project is kept under documentation directory. Here you will find:
This project has adopted the Contributor Covenant in version 2.1 as our code of conduct. By participating in this project, you agree to abide by its Code of Conduct at all times.
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