International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) – Volume 25 Number 1- July 2015
Real Time Scheduler System on Android Mobile App for
Academic Institutions
Surekha Lanka 1 , Sidra Ehsan 2 Aisha Ehsan 3
Abstract Android has reached the top level of the market by
these days. Android provides a renowned platform For the
developers to create and deploy innovative apps that can be
easily fit the smart devices. This paper will provide guidelines
to ease the understanding of development for entry level
programmers specifically in terms of android application
consisting Android software components and resource files to
be integrated. In order to develop such application requires
certain hierarchical development tool which in our case the
JAVA programming language is involved. Firstly, we will set
up the development environment. Secondly
Institution
schedule application is designed using the Android SDK.
Thirdly the application will be built and run on the Android
device emulator.
deviations it should be controlled before hand. And if
we require to have stronger app strong user base is
required. So few things we need to manage before ready
to launch Android App. Testing of an Android App
controlled by two things. We test it on real android
powered device or Eclipse. This paper shows about
Android Application for the academic institution.
Figure-1
Keywords
Java, Android SDK, Android Application, Schdule System,
Emulator, XML files, Android Manifest.
I.
Introduction
In the current Era, Mobile technologies have an
advanced to the greatest extent of providing user
friendly and innovative devices with the variety of
features. Android is more preferable and has major
market covered among the customers all over the world.
Android is an open to developer's to come up with the
extended version as most of the smart device
manufacturers in the local market has done in terms of
providing a different user interface. The Android
operating system is getting trendy these days and
Android SDK application is attracting the developers
attentions [2]. Android provides a flexible platform for
its developers to design their own applications [3]. In
addition to that, Android has varied features as
Multitasking, Multi touch, Resizable widgets, Google
Cloud Messaging, Intuitive User Interface, connectivity,
Android BEam, WiFi Direct are the astonishing features
of the android operating system.
II.
111.
Development Environment
Android based applications can be developed either on
Microsoft Xp, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later version with
Intel chip or on Linux, including GNU C Library 2.7 or
later operating systems. [4] Java JDK5 or JDK6,
Android SDK, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
(optional) and Android Development Tools (ADT)
Eclipse Plugin (optional) are needed to start
programming your Android Application. [4]. The tools
which are included in the SDK makes quick install and
run Android Application. Once you install we need to
update and download the required tools.
Android App overview
To build an Android application will be an exciting and
challenging too. So before we ready to hit our target of
design app, it is most important to check whether it is
reaching as per our expectations if not found any
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Once we have made through this step we are
going to start the work on the emulator. Android
emulator is environment of virtual machine which
emulating an entire system HAXM driver favors to runs
both on the machine and inside the emulator. HAXM
was invited to release the Android development tools. In
this paper our design has been fully tested to work on
Intel x86.
supervisor will guide the students to which course they
have to enroll according to the level determined by the
department. Depends on the number of students of each
course. The department is going to maintain this APP
add /modify /alter/delete the modifications depend on
the number of batches. Here is the use case diagram for
the Android App.
Figure -3
Figure- 4
Existence with an Android App development services,
once we ready to run the Scheduler System App, we
gathered some knowledge of few directories and files
which are most important and helpful to the whole
Scheduler System.
V Android manifest.xml
Provides the information about the key features and
characteristics and components of the app. Which
includes a very important element <uses-SDK>. Helps
to the Scheduler System compatibility with different
versions with the help of android:minSdk Version and
android:targetSdkVersion.
For the API Level 10 and Level 14. The HAXM driver
and Intel X 86 Atom systems images are provided for
more detail view.
IV Android scheduler system architecture
The problem is to design and implement an Android
App for creating Scheduler System by assigning the
time slots to a particular course. Instead of accessing
the schedule in the PC’s, the user can download the
Android App to the mobiles and convenient to utilize
it. Although we know most of the apps comes with
google stores, but still designed for our own constraints
and using in the KAA university. The academic
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Src/ directory which contains a multiple sub directories
for Scheduler System app resources.few of them are
Drawable-hdpi/ directory for the drawing objects,
Layouts/ directory defines user interface to the app,
values/ exist with XML files along with a collective
resource like string and color.
VI. Testing App on the emulator /powered Android
device
To run the completed Scheduler System code on the
emulator of the eclipse then need to open the scheduler
system project files and then run from a toolbar, and
pick the android application and run as a window so app
on the connected devices and runs it. To run on the
powered android device plugging in the device to the
development machine by using the USB cable of the
Android device.
And then enables the USB debugging. An Android
powered device is Android 3.2 or older need to
following
these
options
setting>
applications>development> tap seven times to enable
the debugging mode. If the device's version is 4.0 or
later, settings>developer options.
Figure – 6
VII. Conclusion
Android is style positioned to facilitate all the
charasteristcs of smart accessiories and the developer
should be alert android applicaton in the low versions
are compatible to a high versions The implemented
android application “Scheduled System“ is web based
and especially adept to the android application is the
convenient implementation on the set of Java interface
Here we have create a new app for the institution for the
purpose of schedule management so users can access it
by downloading to powered android device and use it
and next target on the same app to implement on
notification alerts that will build in the system and it
should be wireless.
Acknowledgement
Surekha Lanka MSc(cs), MTech(cse) & MWC(Wireless
Communications) Sidra Ehsan MSCS and Aisha
Ehsan MSCS.We implement this application for
academic purpose only. We are thankful to our
Instructor for encouraging me to complete this paper .
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