Developing an Android Utility App for Daily Life Activities

Understanding Utility Apps

There are many ways to classify the different types of mobile applications on an App store. One particularly common type is the “Utility App”. There are many examples, such as a well-designed local weather app that gives the user the most important “at-a-glance” information about the current temperature and weather forecasts. Another example is a unit converter app that gives the user rapid access to different units and an easy way to select values and produce immediate results. The task is to develop an Android utility app for an activity useful in daily life. Students are free to choose which activity, what aspect of daily life, and how to design and implement the utility app. The utility app should clearly display the most important elements of the daily life activity in a way that is easy to understand. User-interaction via touch events is expected to be minimal but intuitive. The utility app must be such that it requires a main screen and a settings screen that controls some aspects of the main screen content or functionality. You are expected to develop a Utility App based on subject content covered during Weeks 1 – 4. However, we may encourage you to explore additional aspects of App development to enhance your Utility App in interest ways. Assessment expectations:  The minimium API level is 19 - that makes it easier / quicker for us to mark your work! The source code is expected to follow standard "clean coding" practices (easy to read having useful descriptive comments, good naming conventions, and consistent formatting)