Project 3: Android Applications

Due date 1: Friday December 7th 11:00 AM (Last Class Time)

Due date 2: Wednesday December 12th 10:00 AM (Final Exam Time) (You must attend!)

Due date 3: Friday December 14th Noon. (Nothing after this date/time will be accepted)

For your final project you will create an Android Application.

That is broadly, the only guideline.

More specifically I am expecting an app that performs a small set of core functionality to a specification, without crashing. While the selection of the type of app you make is up to you, below I have provided one possible specification for a simple to do list app.

To Do List App / Grading

• Base Functionality -- 40 pts -- Mandatory
  • Adding an "item" (string of text)
  • Deleting an item
  • Completing an item
  • Displaying all the current items
  • Quitting the app, reopening the app, and having all the items still exist
• Multiple Lists -- 20 pts
  • The main screen displays a list of lists (which are named)
  • Lists can be created, renamed, deleted
  • Entering a ListView brings you to the base functionality
• Advanced Items -- 20 pts
  • Giving items specific due dates/times
  • Giving items priorities
  • Giving items categories or tags
  • Giving items colors or other sorts of labels
  • Giving items associated notes, links, photos, docs
• List History -- 10 pts
  • See past complete items (in a special history view)
  • Have items expire after an amount of time
  • Be able to clear the history view
• (Functional) Syncing -- 30 pts
  • Having your to do list app sync with some other to do list service
  • Or having the storage of your list sync to some file format through a docs storage service (Dropbox)
  • App has the ability to update from file / service
  • App writes to files / service
  • App can handle corrupt files / service being down
• Design -- 20 pts
  • A well designed interface
  • It does not look like you used all the default Android widgets
  • It has its own (cohesive) style
  • It has an interesting and compelling interaction
  • (If you choose this option you are welcome to only *design* for Android 4.x)
• Marketing -- 20 pts
  • You create a website for your app
  • It does not look like this website
  • It has well-written text that explains what your app does and why I would want it
  • It is visually appealing
• Other Features! -- 20 pts probably
  • Tell me what you want to do!

Pre-Deadline Due Date (20 pts)

On Friday December 7th you really, really, really should turn in the following:

• A single paragraph letting me know your current progress and what you need help with.
• An outline, listing the features you intend to implement with their point values next to them.
• A screenshot of your app in it's current form.

Resources

• Android Drawables (2.2)
• Android niceties (tumblr)
• 21 Beautiful iPhone and Android App Websites
• Android Design Guide

What should you turn in?

• All of your code.
• All of your graphics and other resource files.
• Any necessary data files.
• A compiled .apk (that I should be able to load on an Android device and have *just work*)
• A few screenshots of your app functioning
• A readme file, named readme.txt, which will contain:
  
  • Your name
  • The date, class number, my name
  • Links to URLs that you borrowed substantial code, examples from
  • Any magic instructions or invocations I need to know to run your app
  • The list of features you implemented, and those that you would like to in the future

Updates

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Projects as I currently expect them