Android Development 2022

UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND

ASSIGNMENT COVERSHEET

Student ID: 219464961 Student Name/ Names of all group

members: Arbin Shrestha

Programme: Computer Systems Engineering Module Code and Name: CET343:

Android Mobile Development

Module Leader/ Module Tutor: Santosh Due Date: 04/08/2021 Hand

Pokharel Date:04/08/2021

Assessment Title:

Journey Journal

Learning Outcomes Assessed: (number as appropriate)

Mark

1
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Areas for Commendation

Areas for Improvement

General Comments

Assessor Signature: Overall mark Moderator Signature

(subject to

ratification by the

assessment board)

……………………………………………………………………

2
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

I confirm that in submitting this assignment that I have read, understood and adhered to the University’s Rules and procedures
governing infringements of Assessment Regulations.

PRINT Student Name: Arbin Shrestha Faculty Stamp (date/time)

Student Signature:

Module Code and Name: CET343: Android Mobile Development

Name of Module Tutor: Santosh Pokharel

3
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Table of Contents
Analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 5

Approaches ................................................................................................................................... 5

Operating System .......................................................................................................................... 5

Navigation patterns ................................................................................................................... 6

Button styles in iOS and Android .............................................................................................. 6

Programming languages ................................................................................................................ 6

Storage .......................................................................................................................................... 7

Design .............................................................................................................................................. 7

Functionality ................................................................................................................................... 13

Registration of user Activity ........................................................................................................ 14

Login Activity ............................................................................................................................. 14

Main Activity .............................................................................................................................. 14

Adding journal Activity ............................................................................................................... 14

Viewing of journal activity .......................................................................................................... 15

Edit Activity................................................................................................................................ 15

Delete Activity ............................................................................................................................ 15

Logout Activity ........................................................................................................................... 15

Adding location activity .............................................................................................................. 16

Test strategy and test results............................................................................................................ 16

Evaluation....................................................................................................................................... 33

References ...................................................................................................................................... 35

4
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Analysis

Approaches

Here in the first, we are having the discussion on the use of the approach in the application

development. We could find the different mobile development approaches but here for the

development of the Android app I am using the Native App development approach. There are also

different approach like Cross-Platform development, Hybrid App development and others. Among

them, I choose to use the Native development because of the matching requirement of my I find there.

Native app development is the use of the platform-specific programming languages, software

development kits and development environments offered by the OS providers (Oladele, 2021). This

means that we can develop the IOS and the android app in the different platform by the use of the

different technology stacks. I choose this approach because in the cross-platform development we

could have the issue in the upgrading because of the unclear upgrading path. In the similar way, I found

that the use of hybrid app development could have the slow performance in the application, which

could affect the User Experience. So in the having of the native development, I found that there are no

such problems there. Also native app development helps to have the responsive app, good UX, better

performance, security than other and approaches. Because of these features I choose native

development approach.

Operating System

Here we can find that the most widely used OS in the current world are IOS and android. Here

according to Team InMobi (InMobi, 2021) there are about 2.5 billion active Android users worldwide

with more than 3 million devices all across the globe and there were about 1 billion iPhone users

worldwide in the early 2021. This stat shows that there are most of the iPhone and android user.

Android vs IOS, it’s the debate we stumble every now and then. For me, android clearly tops IOS

because of its affordability, flexibility, functionality, customization and value for money. I can also

get access to variety of apps and games via playstore on android without hurting my wallet. Since

5
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

android is of open-source nature, it also offers great sense of freedom. We can tweak my devices and

do anything I want. I can also get variety of devices which runs with android OS while I have to pay a

lot more for an iPhone. Android covers 70% of market share where as apple covers only 29%. Day by

day, android is growing fast with technology and proving itself why its better than IOS. Here are some

of the differences that we can find in between Android and IOS.

Navigation patterns

As we can see the universal navigation bar in android phone but we cannot see that type of navigation

bar in iPhone. With the help of the navigation bar, it becomes easy for the android users to navigate

backward. But the IOS has only the home button which doesn’t allow us to move backward.

Button styles in iOS and Android

Also, there are difference in button in iOS and Android as the android use the button named Floating

Action Button (FAB) but iOS uses call to Action Buttons. FAB is better as it is circular in the shape

and different behavior in the motion, launching and transferring of the anchor point.

Programming languages

We can find the different programming language for the development of the application in the different

platform like Swift which is used for the making of iOS and the Java, Kotlin, C++, Python and others

for the android development. Swift is especially used for the making of the application for iOS. We

use XCode for iOS development and Android Studio for Android Application Development. On using

the android OS there must be the programming language that can develop the android application. So

that among the different programming language we can using the Java as the programming language

as it is widely accepted because of OOP, opensource and also because of help of community. We can

find Kotlin as easier and faster but Android relies more on the Java as one of the base languages. The

most important thing on using of Java as programming language is that the most of standard libraries

6
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

of the Java are there in the Android SDK which we use in developing of the application. The different

libraries are like graphics, data structure, math, networking and also other special libraries.

Storage

We can find the different storage design for the android and for the iPhone. There is difference in

between storage of android and iPhone as In the iPhone we use the CoreData for the save, track, filter

and modification of the data. We cannot say CoreData as the database but it uses the SQLite for the

storing. While in the database for the android app we have room database which is given by the android

studio and we have Firebase which is online and provided by google.

Design

Design is one of the most important part of the any application we develop as the user is directly

connected to it. It can be used for visualizing the general structure of the mobile app. Wireframe

designs helps in user experience as well as plan on how to achieve user’s goals. App’s structure, user

flow, and navigation are comprised in it. Wireframe provides a good overview of how users will

interact with it. This help app developers to avoid mistakes, save time and develop the app faster.

7
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

The apps’ screen hierarchy is illustrated in the above figure which is designed with the help of draw.io.

With this, we can get the general idea of how the user can navigate inside the application. As for more

detailed idea and requirement, wireframe is designed to think better ways for interaction between UI

and UX. It avoid shortcomings resulting in developing a good app.

The Journey Journal should be able to let users create or record a journal related to their adventure.

When a user starts the application, user should be presented Splash screen followed by entry screen

which is Login screen. To login, user needs registered email and password as traditional login method

is implemented in the app. They should be able to register their account on the register screen. After

registering, the dashboard screen should open automatically or either go to Login screen. The home

screen contains of the journal lists which is initially empty. The user is provided with a floating option

button to add the journal entry. When clicking on the circular button, the add screen should open where

user needs to enter journal details like title, thoughts, date, etc. and save it. The saved entries should

be listed on the main screen. The journal list item, when clicked backed, should open a bottom sheet

dialog on the bottom of the screen through which user can open edit screen. User can manage the

entries by performing update or delete action as per requirement. After finding using the app, user

should be able to logout of the app by selecting logout option available on the main screen of the app.

The designed wireframe of the app is illustrated below:

8
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

9
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

10
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

11
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Material Design is a style statement created by Google that was first released with the Lollipop

operating system and has recently gained popularity in the design and development of Android apps

(Anon., n.d.). The android user standards are can be met about how app elements function by following

Material design. Material design covers aspects like as color theming, font/typography, material design

components and its shaping.

Standard android theme is used in the Journey Journal app which has a native android feature of

universal button navigation containing three buttons which helps in moving between screens.

Androids’ material design suggests raised and plain buttons. The texts on the buttons are all uppercase

and can be adjusted as needed. Floating action button is another component that is used in android

apps to perform common actions of the application. The floating button floats on the UI and this helps

in the addition of the journal to the dashboard.

12
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

The another material design that I used in my design is the data and time picker in the addition of the

date and time of the journal. With the help of this, the user can easily pick the date and time and the

UI becomes more interactive. It is because the date and time are embedded into dialogs and makes

easy for the picking of the date and time. We can pick the 24hrs format as well as AM/PM with the

help of this. This makes the user more connective.

The next thing that I used in my application as material design is the bottom sheet. In this bottom sheet

we can see each and every data that we save in the application. From the button sheet there we can

have the button where we can navigate to the editing deleting of the data site. This bottom sheet is

displayed on the dashboard screen after clicking of the journals.

The Material design urges the designer to have the images and the predefined icons in the application.

So that I have used the logo of my application which attract the user attention. And also the different

icons are used in the login and the registration part which also meets the current material design.

The material design also makes thee designer to work on the color, text of the application and in the

color, I have used the color that will attract the user’s attention as different color palettes were used

depending upon their importance. After that the text are used accordingly in the different place. The

bold text are used on the application which follows the special function like on button, in the different

headings and others.

Next thing is that I have used action where we can find the button from where we find the logout button

there. Also there have been the use of the whitespace in my application as we can see the whitespace

in the dashboard, journal addition page, and edit page which helps us in the formatting and can help in

the getting of the attention to the application. Like this I am using the different material design in my

application.

Functionality

13
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Nothing in the world is built without the purpose and have their own functionality in them. In the

similar way I have developed the android application which have the different functionality in it. The

main purpose of my application is that the user can save the journal of the journey that he travelled.

For the user to save the journal I have the different functionality in my application. The different

functionality are as follows:

Registration of user Activity

First of all for the adding of the journal of their journey and travel they need the registration of the user

so that they can login and add the journal of their travel. For the registration of the user, we need the

Email, Username and the password. By the registration of the user only we can login to save the

journal. In my application we can see the design of registration on activity_registration.xml. When we

got registered we directly enter the MainActivity/Dashboard.

Login Activity

After the registration of the user, we can Login to the dashboard for the adding of the journal. For the

login we need the Email and the password that we registered in the register activity. If the email and

password don’t match then there will be the recommendation to give the correct email and password.

We can see the design of Login in activity_login.xml. In this activity it verifies the email and the

password that got registered and helps in login to the dashboard or MainActivity.

Main Activity

After the completion of the login activity then we are directed towards the dashboard or the main

activity where we can see the add button and the dashboard screen where we can see the data that we

add. We can see the MainActivity design in activity_main.xml in the android studio.

Adding journal Activity

When we click the add button in the main activity we go to the screen where we can add the journal

of our journey. In the addition of the journal, we can add the journal title, journal description, date of

14
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

visit, time of event and also can add the image. The data that we added can be seen in the main

activity/dashboard. We can see the adding of the journal data in the add_journal.xml in the android

studio. In this activity we add the journal name then we add the description of that journal and also can

pick up time and date with the latitude and longitude of that place from the map.

Viewing of journal activity

In the viewing of the journal activity, we can see the different journals we added. The all of the journals

that they added are viewed on the dashboard where they can go for the managing of the journals.

Edit Activity

After the adding of the data, we can see it in the dashboard and by clicking on it we can see the

description and also can edit the data and update the data. This is one of the main functionalities for

the users as they can edit the data what they have saved. We can see the design of the Edit activity in

the edit_activity.xml. In this activity we can edit the data of the journal that we added.

Delete Activity

After the addition of the data in the main activity. We can also delete it if we think the data, we save

are no more important for us. A click can delete the data. This is the activity that we can see when we

click the edit button in the button sheet. With the help of delete activity we delete the data that we

added last time.

Logout Activity

The user can logout if they don’t want to stay logged in. There is the button in the action bar which

helps the user to get logged out.

15
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Adding location activity

The addition of the location is that the user can add the longitude and latitude of the location through

map. Here the Google Maps API has been used for the Google maps from where they can have the

geo location of where they want.

Test strategy and test results

In the software development life cycle, we have the process called testing it and it is one of the most

important things to know how much our development has become successful. The testing is done after

the development so that the users who use the application don’t get any issues on using it. The testing

makes us to add or delete of the properties according to the requirement and helps us in the changing,

improvement of the application in the continuous way. Almost most of the development uses the test

strategy for the better outcome of the work they did (RajKumar, 2022) . The testing helps to know us

if the application is fully functional or not and also helps to know the user experience. This helps us to

change our application accordingly for the better functionality and user experience.

In the similar way I having the testing on Journey Journal app. As my journey journal mobile

application is not so large so that I am having the UI/UX test and the test of the integration inside the

application. Integration testing means testing of the integration of the different activity of the project.

Like the different buttons are used for the connection. As we know that there must be the better UI for

the better UX so that for the better interaction I am testing if the application that we made flow as

expected or not. Here in the testing, I am having a table which include the testing of each and every

property that we have in the requirement.

The different testing that I am doing are:

• Registration activity

• Login activity

16
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

• Add button

• Adding of journal

• Geo location

• Use of bottom sheet dialog

• Edit button

• Updating of journal

• Deleting of journal

In the table I have the different columns they are SN, expected output and the actual output with the

screenshots.

SN Test done Expected Actual Screen shots

output output

17
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

1. Registration When user User is

of User provide successfully

valid registered

information and toast

in all field, message is

user should shown.

get logged

in and a

toast

message

should be

shown

(user

registered).

18
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

19
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

2. User Login When the User is

user enters logged in

valid email and is taken

and to the

password, dashboard

he/she where user

should be can add

logged in journal

and should entry.

be able to

access

dashboard.

20
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

3. Add Button When user User is

clicks taken to

floating another

add button screen

in which is

dashboard, Add journal

he/she screen.

should be

taken to

another

screen

which is

Add

journey

screen.

21
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

4. Adding When the User is able

Journal user enters to add

in all the journal by

field and clicking the

click the save button

save button and is

journal viewed in

should be the

added and dashboard

shown in with a toast

the message

dashboard. (Journal

Added)

22
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

23
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

5. Bottom When user Dialog box

Sheet click any of appears

Dialog the journal when

entry a clicked on

dialog box the any of

will open journal

with entry with

specific description.

description

of clicked

journal.

24
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

6. Edit button When the User is

user clicks taken to

edit button Edit journal

in the screen.

dialog box,

he/she is

taken to

Edit journal

screen.

25
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

7. Editing of When the User is able

Journal user to change

changes the the previous

previous data when

data and clicking the

clicks the update

update button with

button a a toast.

toast

message is

shown

(journal

updated).

26
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

8. Deleting of When the User is able

Journal user clicks to delete the

specific journal by

journal, clicking the

they want delete

to delete button in

bottom the edit

sheet journal

dialogue screen.

will appear

at button

when

clicking the

edit button

in dialogue

box user is

taken to

Edit journal

screen. In

edit journal

screen

there is

delete

button at

27
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

the bottom

if user

clicks the

delete

button, then

the journal

is deleted

from the

dashboard.

28
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

29
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

9. Map When user User is able

clicks the to select

icon next to location

location they want

field, map with

should longitude

open and and latitude

user must from the

be able to map.

select

location

they want

with

longitude

and latitude

of the

location.

30
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

10. Logout When user User is able

clicks the to logout

menu bar in from the

the top application

right corner and is

of the main redirected

screen a to the login

logout screen.

button will

open when

clicking it

user is

redirected

to the login

screen.

31
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

32
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

Evaluation

The journey for the completion of the android application development was really interesting journey.

I think this development would really help in the real world also. It was not easy for me to start the

development of the android application but with the help of my teacher, reading of the articles and

help of my friends helps me for the completion of the application. The errors in the development makes

more interesting to do the development. I found the error in the each and every stem that I took in the

application. Finding out of the errors solution makes me to research more and more on that topic which

helps me on the completion of the project. I think the application that I developed is fully workable

without any issue.

The application that I made for the collection of the different journey journals have used the native

mobile standards and have used the material design according to the google. The next thing is that we

can easily see that there has been the use of the different methodology and technology for the

completion of the application. As we can see the clean user interface and have the better screen

hierarchy. The application looks same as the application which are trending nowadays but are some

what distinct as my application have the use of the animation, own color pallets and also the own logo.

Not only this the color used in the application is soothing which attracts the attention of the users. Also

the addition of the journal is not so hard that the floating button looks attractive there which grabs the

attention of the users. Also the user can see the full detail of the journal just by clicking on the view

on the dashboard as the bottom dialog opens when we click on the saved journals which include all

the detail of the journal. There is the use of the authentication while logging in and also in the

registering of the user the user cannot leave any field there for the registration. This makes the

application more interactive.

Also the date and time picker helps the user to pick the time and date in the easy manners as they don’t

need to write the time and date manually which makes the user feel more comfortable. Also there is

33
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

the use of the progress bar which runs on the loading time and doesn’t makes the uses to be distracted

to use the application.

Because of all these features on the application I feel like this is good. But actually, I know that the

nothing in the world is perfect and there is always the backwardness in the things. In my application

also there are many things that we can add for the better application. There is the no use of the forgot

password there as the part is not functionable. This could be made functionable. After that in my

application I don’t have any page for the user profile management which can be added. Also there is

no feature in the application to add the picture of the journals which could be added. After that there

can be the flexibility for the user to add and delete the pictures they added and they can also share their

images in the different social media. Not only this the application has not fulfilled all of the material

design principles which can be fulfilled later. In the coming time there can be the increment of the

users and load so that there we can use the faster algorithm for it.

From this we can see that the application has not crossed the boundary of mobile standards and the

material design. We can also see the managed development process of application. Like this I can

evaluate as application as a good application. Not only this the working in the application increase the

personal skill also like the problem solving skill, decision making skill and other which could help me

in the real world also.

34
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)
 Android Development 2022

References

Anon., n.d. Android Material Design. [Online]

Available at: https://abhiandroid.com/materialdesign/
[Accessed 07 04 2022].

Developers, G., 2022. Data and file storage. Kathmandu: developers.

InMobi, T., 2021. inmobi. [Online]

Available at: https://www.inmobi.com/blog/2021/08/09/understanding-android-users-
worldwide#:~:text=Key%20Stats%20On%20Smartphone%20Users,mobile%20OS%20space%20sin
ce%202012.
[Accessed 10 Feburary 2022].

Malik, K., 2022. STEEL KIWI. [Online]

Available at: https://steelkiwi.com/blog/differences-between-designing-native-ios-apps-and-native-
android-apps/
[Accessed 22 March 2022].

Oladele, A., 2021. Velvetech. [Online]

Available at: https://www.velvetech.com/blog/5-key-mobile-development-approaches/
[Accessed 10 Feburary 2022].

RajKumar, 2022. How To Create Test Strategy Document. [Online]

Available at: https://www.softwaretestingmaterial.com/test-strategy/
[Accessed 7 April 2022].

35
Arbin Shrestha (BSc (Hons) Computer System Engineering/ Fifth Semester)