Creating a Mobile Application Using Eclipse with MoSync Software Development Kit

Abstract

Currently, the mobile application market is rapidly growing. Even though the industry is mainly focused on entertainment, hobbies and operating systems’ customization, a huge amount of business and education applications exist. Mathematics is one of the areas where multiple solutions can be found for almost every need. However, the focus of the major amount of such applications is to provide information, not to enhance learning processes. Thus, the decision was made to fulfil the void.

The objective of this project was to design and develop a mobile application of mathe-matics. The main goal of the application is to serve as a source of information and a self-evaluation tool. Moreover, developing for multiple platforms would be beneficial as cross platform solutions are almost non-existent.

The development focused on three major mobile operating systems, i.e. Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The application itself is based on HyperText Markup Language with JavaScript and jQuery elements. The constructive research method was used in order to analyse existing solutions and provide a new one, which would improve learn-ing processes for possible users. Usability studies were used in order to create a graph-ical interface of the application. Mathematics textbooks were studied in order to provide the application with content. Finally, monetization possibilities were discovered and discussed.

The results indicate that despite the fact that the initial goal of the application was reached, the implemented version was only one of a countless amount of possible solu-tions. The created application is fully functional, which was proven by a number of tests. However, further development is suggested in order to enter any of the mobile markets.