VAMK Android Application

Abstract

With the dynamic nature and fast growing nature of Information Technology in the recent decade, the Android operating system has taken over the tablets and mobile phones operating systems. As a result of this, VAMK android application needed to be developed so that the school Web information can be accessed easily by everyone on all mobile devices running the Android operating system. The project was aimed at making some frequently needed information, such as the timetable, map location, list of registered courses, email and news on the school webpage available on mobile devices with the Android operating system. Other features of the application are possibility to send SMS, and taking photo by starting the device camera. The application has a server side part implemented in PHP, which takes of sending and retrieving data from a MySQL database used by the application. The application was implemented successfully and met all the requirements set for it. There are still some parts, such as the timetable page which can be further developed in such a way that the user will be able to view the pages based on the current school calendar period. Also, the map page can be further developed so that user will be able to search for places.