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.
  • market research
  • start-up companies and career opportunities
    • seven Canadian tech startups (2014) [1]
    • 1000 startups [2]
    • startup companies in Toronto [3]
  • startup career in Toronto [4]
  • entrepreneurs and start-ups (Ontario Centers of Excellence) [5]
• Team size: 1-2 persons.

Gallery of Projects

Author(s)	App Name	Description	Screenshots	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	[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workout.generator
Vasil Rimar & Norbert Curiciac	AdPulse			???
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
Sandeep Saldanha and Kris Vukasinovic	Habit@	Based on lifestyle choices, the application decides if you are being environmentally friendly.		???
Eldon Lai & Kelvin Ng	Quick Diary	A diary that is useful for casual note-taking, business presentation recordings, and event loggings.	[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.krodzik.android.mydiary&hl=en
Luong Van Chuong	QuestLog	An agenda as a task management tool, with the influence of video games.	[16] [17] [18] [19]	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
Tai Nguyen & Yong Kim	BookBagList	An app that allows students to find or post classified textbook ads for school.		Kijiji: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebay.kijiji.ca
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
Rene Anderson & Wesley Hamilton	Music/Video player with one way file sync	This application allows the user to seamlessly synchronize media files to the android device and play those file without the need for additional apps.		Double Twist: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doubleTwist.androidPlayer SyncMe : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync
Joshua Byer	Macro nutrient Calculator	This application allows you to calculate your macronutrient intake for the day, along with providing tips for improvement.	[20] [21] [22]	http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/health_and_fitness/cals-macros-free_dfaxs.html?ref=list_referer
Shayan Vaghei	YourMatch	This is a dating application using Web API as server to handle moblie application.		https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.okcupid.okcupid
Andrew Li	Travel Speak	This app will speak out vocabulary and phrases added by the user to assist communication when travelling abroad.	[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]	N/A
Wai Kit Liew	Traveler's Pal	This app tracks, records location data so users can use it to tag their photos or keep a record of their travels		https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mendhak.gpslogger