Developing an Instant Carpooling App on the Android Platform
CS 8803 AIAD
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
CS 8803 – AIAD Project Report. Instant Car-Pooling on the Android Platform
Vinaya Shenoy Parikshit Sudumbrekar Madhura Tipnis
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CS 8803 AIAD
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
Table of Contents: Introduction Objectives Motivation Technology Overview Related Work Architecture Project Screen-Shots Evaluation Future Work Project Experience Conclusion References 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 14 14 15 16 17
Table of Figures Figure 1: Android Technological Overview Figure 2: Carpool Application – Starting Window Figure 3: Carpool Application – Create a new Event Figure 4: Carpool Application – Contact List Figure 5: Carpool Application – Events Created history Figure 6: Carpool Application – SMS for carpool invitation received Figure 7: Carpool Application – Car pool Invitation Details Figure 8: Carpool Application – Details for the event creator Figure 9: Carpool Application – Map showing pick-up points 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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CS 8803 AIAD
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
Introduction: With increasing convergence between different technologies like the cellular world, internet (IP) world, different applications have become popular and many more are under development. One of the prominent services popular amongst the users is the "Location Based Services" and "presence". The current location-based services out there in the market use the policy of 'broadcasting locations ' while enabling any activity between the various users. This may lead to unintended recipients being the beneficiary of certain events. With this in mind, we aim to develop an application/service that would enable selective delivery of events/messages to the intended recipients based on their location. This would help in avoiding thousands of messages being sent to unintended recipients. Thus, not only the location of the intended recipient is taken into consideration; but the context of the location is also taken into consideration. In this
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
CS 8803 – AIAD Project Report. Instant Car-Pooling on the Android Platform
Vinaya Shenoy Parikshit Sudumbrekar Madhura Tipnis
1
CS 8803 AIAD
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
Table of Contents: Introduction Objectives Motivation Technology Overview Related Work Architecture Project Screen-Shots Evaluation Future Work Project Experience Conclusion References 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 14 14 15 16 17
Table of Figures Figure 1: Android Technological Overview Figure 2: Carpool Application – Starting Window Figure 3: Carpool Application – Create a new Event Figure 4: Carpool Application – Contact List Figure 5: Carpool Application – Events Created history Figure 6: Carpool Application – SMS for carpool invitation received Figure 7: Carpool Application – Car pool Invitation Details Figure 8: Carpool Application – Details for the event creator Figure 9: Carpool Application – Map showing pick-up points 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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CS 8803 AIAD
TERM PROJECT REPORT
TEAM#2
Introduction: With increasing convergence between different technologies like the cellular world, internet (IP) world, different applications have become popular and many more are under development. One of the prominent services popular amongst the users is the "Location Based Services" and "presence". The current location-based services out there in the market use the policy of 'broadcasting locations ' while enabling any activity between the various users. This may lead to unintended recipients being the beneficiary of certain events. With this in mind, we aim to develop an application/service that would enable selective delivery of events/messages to the intended recipients based on their location. This would help in avoiding thousands of messages being sent to unintended recipients. Thus, not only the location of the intended recipient is taken into consideration; but the context of the location is also taken into consideration. In this
References: 1. Android API documentation. (n.d.). Retrieved from Android Developers: http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html 2. Android Development Community Forum (n.d). Retrieved April 2009 from http://www.anddev.org/index.php 3. Google Maps API documentation. (n.d.). Retrieved from Google maps: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/ 4. Strickland, J. (n.d.). How the Google Phone Works. Retrieved April 2009, from How Stuff Works: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/google-phone5.htm 5. What is Android. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2009, from developer.android.com: http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html 17