DPS924 Projects Winter 2015
Overview
- Learning Objectives.
- Build a useful and interesting Android app by the end of the semester.
- Have a sense of achievement after building an operational Android app with feedback from end users.
- Develop your applied research skills as you need to search for additional knowledge in order to complete the project.
- use Android packages not covered by this course
- integrate with another API (e.g. a Web API, Twitter API, Facebook API, Flickr API,...)
- Demonstrate your potentials, creativity, and technical skills.
- Use GitHub to build an Android app.
- Use agile software development approach.
- user stories(from the perspective of end users)
- sprints (i.e. iterations)
- weekly standup meetings
- Be innovative.
- Team size: 1-2 persons.
Gallery of Projects
| Author(s) | App Name | Description | Links (similar apps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsi Nushaj & Hyungryul Chun | RWG (Random Workout Generator) | App creates workouts for you and lets you track exercise times to improve and compare against others | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workout.generator |
| Vasil Rimar & Norbert Curiciac | AdPulse | This application allows advertisement agencies throughout the GTA, who currently rely on paper based methods to keep track of and organize information. | ??? |
| Kevin Kofler & Petr Bouianov | Pupillary Distance Meter | An application which measures pupillary distance, i.e. the distance between the pupils of your eyes. This metric is needed while purchasing prescription eye wear. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.PupilMeterAnd&hl=en |
| Jordan Wieb | Mobile Tactics | A turn-based, tile-based, multiplayer strategy RPG with no server between two devices. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mangobile.kingturn&hl=en |
| Albert Kim | Marvel Tracker | Downloads Marvel Event information and displays details about them including characters involved and reading order. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marvel.comics&hl=en |
| Shianne Lee | Hello Healthy! | Keeps track of weight, gives tips on fitness, diet, and all around health and tracks daily food intake. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnow.loseit&hl=en |
| Eldon Lai & Kelvin Ng | All-In-One Diary | A diary with multimedia functions that is suitable for casual note-taking, business presentation recordings, and event loggings. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nakvic.dromoris&hl=en |
| Luong Van Chuong | QuestLog | An agenda as a task management tool, with the influence of video games. | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netgenius.bizcal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.clawdyvan.agendadigitalaluno |
| Krishanthan Lingeswaran | Car Finder | An app that allows users to browse and search for cars. | Car Catalog: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiget.carcatalog |
| Dylan Segna & Jacky Siu | D&D Character Manager | An app for creating and managing D&D characters that can dynamically load game rules | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wgkammerer.testgui.basiccharactersheet.app |
Project Milestones
- Milestone 0.0: Exploration of Project Ideas. [Week 1 - Week 3]
- Identify an application domain for your Android project.
- Gather information from end users (i.e. people who will use your app).
- Do market research (e.g. Google Play Store) if needed.
- Milestone 1.0: Submission of a Project Proposal. [Week 4 - Week 5]
- date of submission: February 15, 2015
- Watch the video (approx. 7 minutes) about creating user stories. [6]
- Create a business statement.
- key questions
- What kind of Android app are you going to build?
- Have you found similar apps on the market (e.g. Google Play Store)? If so, please include some links in your proposal.
- How does your app differentiate from other similar apps on the market?
- focus: application domain, end-user needs, business values
- key questions
- Create user stories (or use cases).
- Create a list of features on your app.
- Create a sketch of your design.
- Note: The design may change as your project goes through the iterations.
- Create a system diagram of your app.
- identify the key components (e.g. UI, database, Web API, server)
- an example:
- identify the key components (e.g. UI, database, Web API, server)
- Create a tentative timeline.
- based on the priorities of user stories/use-cases
- identify checkpoints/milestones
- Your proposal must include the name of your app, names of team members, and the date of submission.
- Milestone 2.0: Design and Implementation. [Week 7 - Week 12 (February 15 - March 31); 6 weeks]
- Submit
- the revised project proposal 2.0
- the Design Report
- Read the design requirements below.
- Weekly GitHub activities
- Weekly standup meetings on Fridays [10]
- What have I done since the last Scrum meeting (yesterday)?
- What will I do before the next Scrum meeting (tomorrow)?
- What prevents me from performing my work as efficiently as possible?
- Sprints (i.e. iterations) [11]
- Submit
- Milestone 3.0: Project Presentation and Final Report. [Week 14]
- April 13, 2015 (Monday)
Design Requirements
- Create detailed system diagrams.
- UI mockups (created by Pencil or a similar tool) [12]
- interaction between back-end components and the UI screens
- the flow of data between the UI screens and data stores such as database and Android file system
- the flow of data between the UI screens and Web API servers (URLs) or other devices, if applicable
- Apply Android Design Patterns or Material Design Guidelines.
- Note: If your project is UI-intensive, you are expected to apply Android design patterns or Material Design Guidelines as much as possible. If your project is data-intensive (e.g. use of database and graphics) or back-end intensive (e.g. use of networking and Wifi connectivity), you may apply Android design patterns or Material Design guidelines at the minimum.
- Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for Developers by Greg Nudelman. Wiley, 2013. (Available as ebook at Seneca Libraries.)
- Android User Interface Design: Turning Ideas and Sketches into Beautifully Designed Apps by Ian G. Clifton. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2013. (Available as ebook at Seneca Libraries.)
- Smashing Android UI: Responsive User Interfaces and Design Patterns for Android Phones and Tablets by Juhani Lehtimäki. Wiley, 2013. (Available as ebook at Seneca Libraries.)
- Material Design Guidelines (Android 5.0, API Level 21).
- Material Design (Android Developer website) [13]
- Google Design Guidelines - Material Design [14]
- Creating Apps with Material Design
- Examples
- Android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design in pictures and video (October 17, 2014) [19]
- UI Regions and Guidance [20]
- Visual Guide to Android L Material Design - 7 Insights [21]
- Create the Testing Environment.
- Android versions (API levels)
- dashboards (Android Developer website) [22]
- configurations of emulators and/or Android devices
- screen orientations (portrait and landscape)
- Android versions (API levels)
- Compatibility Issues (optional) [23] [24] [25]
- Organize the Design Report.
- title page (like the one used in the project proposal)
- list of features (with priorities assigned, 1-highest, 10-lowest)
- timeline (organized by the list of features and sprints)
- system diagrams (including URLs of Web API servers, if applicable)
- design principles
- testing environment