Passive MVC och MVVM designmönster i Android : En jämförelse av kodkomplexitet mellan Passive MVC och MVVM

Det mobila operativsystemet Android är idag ett ganska dominerande operativsystem på den mobila marknaden dels på grund av sin öppenhet men också på grund av att tillgängligheten är stor i och med både billiga och dyra telefoner finns att tillgå. Men idag har Android inget fördefinierat designmönster vilket leder till att varje utvecklare får bestämma själv vad som ska användas, vilket ibland kan leda till onödigt komplex kod i applikationerna som sen blir svårtestad och svårhanterlig. Detta arbete ämnar jämföra två designmönster, Passive Model View Controller (PMVC) och Model View View-Model (MVVM), för att se vilket designmönster som blir minst komplext med hjälp av att räkna fram mätvärden med hjälp av Cyclomatic Complexity Number (CCN). Studien är gjord utifrån arbetssättet Design & Creation och ämnar bidra med: kunskap om vilket mönster man bör välja, samt om CCN kan peka ut vilka delar i en applikation som kommer att ta mer eller mindre lång tid att testa. Under studiens gång tog vi även fram skillnader på om man anväder sig av den så kallade Single Responsibilyt Principle (SRP) eller inte. Detta för att se om separerade vyer gör någon skillnad i applikationernas komplexitet. I slutändan så visar studien på att komplexiteten i små applikationer är väldigt likvärdig, men att man även på små applikationer kan se skillnad på hur komplex koden är men också att kodkomplexitet på metodnivå kan ge riktlinjer för testfall.

Mobile application as a tool for urban traffic data collection and generation to advanced traveler information systems using Wi-Fi networks available in urban centers

This paper presents an Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) developed on Android platform, which is open source and free. The developed application has as its main objective the free use of a Vehicle-to- Infrastructure (V2I) communication through the wireless network access points available in urban centers. In addition to providing the necessary information for an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) to a central server, the application also receives the traffic data close to the vehicle. Once obtained this traffic information, the application displays them to the driver in a clear and efficient way, allowing the user to make decisions about his route in real time. The application was tested in a real environment and the results are presented in the article. In conclusion we present the benefits of this application. © 2012 IEEE.

Analyzing Business Models for Mobile Augmented Reality

Nowadays, a wide offer of mobile augmented reality (mAR) applications is available at the market, and the user base of mobile AR-capable devices -smartphones- is rapidly increasing. Nevertheless, likewise to what happens in other mobile segments, business models to put mAR in value are not clearly defined yet. In this paper, we focus on sketching the big picture of the commercial offer of mAR applications, in order to inspire a posterior analysis of business models that may successfully support the evolution of mAR. We have gathered more than 400 mAR applications from Android Market, and analyzed the offer as a whole, taking into account some technology aspects, pricing schemes and user adoption factors. Results show, for example, that application providers are not expecting to generate revenues per direct download, although they are producing high-quality applications, well rated by the users.

Evaluation and implementation of a hybrid cross-platform application combining mobile web-technologies and native device functions

Este Proyecto de Fin de Carrera presenta un prototipo de aplicación móvil híbrida multi-plataforma para Android y iOS. Las aplicaciones móviles híbridas son una combinación de aplicaciones web móviles y aplicaciones móviles nativas. Se desarrollan parcialmente con tecnologías web y pueden acceder a la capa nativa y sensores del teléfono. Para el usuario se presentan como aplicaciones nativas, ya que se pueden descargar de las tiendas de aplicaciones y son instaladas en el dispositivo. El prototipo consiste en la migración del módulo de noticias financieras de las aplicaciones actuales para móviles de una compañía bancaria reimplementándolo como aplicación híbrida utilizando uno de los entornos de desarrollo disponibles en el mercado para este propósito. El desarrollo de aplicaciones híbridas puede ahorrar tiempo y dinero cuando se pretende alcanzar más de una plataforma móvil. El objetivo es la evaluación de las ventajas e inconvenientes que ofrece el desarrollo de aplicaciones híbridas en términos de reducción de costes, tiempo de desarrollo y resultado final de la aplicación. El proyecto consta de varias fases. Durante la primera fase se realiza un estudio sobre las aplicaciones híbridas que podemos encontrar hoy en día en el mercado utilizando los ejemplos de linkedIn, Facebook y Financial times. Se hace hincapié en las tecnologías utilizadas, uso de la red móvil y problemas encontrados. Posteriormente se realiza una comparación de distintos entornos de desarrollo multi-plataforma para aplicaciones híbridas en términos de la estrategia utilizada, plataformas soportadas, lenguajes de programación, acceso a capacidades nativas de los dispositivos y licencias de uso. Esta primera fase da como resultado la elección del entorno de desarrollo más adecuado a las exigencias del proyecto, que es PhoneGap, y continua con un análisis más detallado de dicho entorno en cuanto a su arquitectura, características y componentes. La siguiente fase comienza con un estudio de las aplicaciones actuales de la compañía para extraer el código fuente necesario y adaptarlo a la arquitectura que tendrá la aplicación. Para la realización del prototipo se hace uso de la característica que ofrece PhoneGap para acceder a la capa nativa del dispositivo, esto es, el uso de plugins. Se diseña y desarrolla un plugin que permite acceder a la capa nativa para cada plataforma. Una vez desarrollado el prototipo para la plataforma Android, se migra y adapta para la plataforma iOS. Por último se hace una evaluación de los prototipos en cuanto a su facilidad y tiempo de desarrollo, rendimiento, funcionalidad y apariencia de la interfaz de usuario. ABSTRACT. This bachelor's thesis presents a prototype of a hybrid cross-platform mobile application for Android and iOS. Hybrid mobile applications are a combination of mobile web and mobile native applications. They are built partially with web technologies and they can also access native features and sensors of the device. For a user, they look like native applications as they are downloaded from the application stores and installed on the device. This prototype consists of the migration of the financial news module of current mobile applications from a financial bank reimplementing them as a hybrid application using one of the frameworks available in the market for that purpose. Development of applications on a hybrid way can help reducing costs and effort when targeting more than one platform. The target of the project is the evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages that hybrid development can offer in terms of reducing costs and efforts and the final result of the application. The project starts with an analysis of successfully released hybrid applications using the examples of linkedIn, Facebook and Financial Times, emphasizing the different used technologies, the transmitted network data and the encountered problems during the development. This analysis is followed by a comparison of most popular hybrid crossplatform development frameworks in terms of the different approaches, supported platforms, programming languages, access to native features and license. This first stage has the outcome of finding the development framework that best fits to the requirements of the project, that is PhoneGap, and continues with a deeper analysis of its architecture, features and components. Next stage analyzes current company's applications to extract the needed source code and adapt it to the architecture of the prototype. For the realization of the application, the feature that PhoneGap offers to access the native layer of the device is used. This feature is called plugin. A custom plugin is designed and developed to access the native layer of each targeted platform. Once the prototype is finished for Android, it is migrated and adapted to the iOS platform. As a final conclusion the prototypes are evaluated in terms of ease and time of development, performance, functionality and look and feel.

Lecciones prácticas de desarrollo de aplicaciones móviles en Android

Los avances que se han producido en los últimos años en cuanto a potencia y capacidades de los teléfonos móviles que usamos de manera cotidiana, traen de la mano un auge en la demanda de aplicaciones de todo ámbito: desde aplicaciones generales de consumo, pasando por juegos, hasta aplicaciones que ofrecen soluciones internas a empresas. Existen diferentes sistemas operativos para teléfonos móviles como se explicará más adelante en el capítulo introductorio. En dicho capítulo se da la justificación de por qué en el presente Proyecto Fin de Carrera se centra en el estudio del sistema operativo Android. Primeramente se dará una visión global del estado del arte en cuanto al mundo de aplicaciones móviles se refiere. Se explicarán los pros y contras de cada sistema operativo, detallando el lenguaje de programación utilizado en cada uno de ellos y sus principales características. Después, en el capítulo tres se estudiará con más profundidad el sistema operativo Android, desde su historia y orígenes, hasta los componentes básicos para la creación de una aplicación, pasando por la arquitectura interna del sistema o su máquina virtual. Con esto se pretende que el lector tenga un contexto que le permita comprender los siguientes capítulos, que es donde está el núcleo de este Proyecto Fin de Carrera. El cuarto capítulo trata de una serie de prácticas incrementales, que cubren una gran parte de las posibilidades que ofrece el sistema operativo Android para el desarrollo de aplicaciones. Se ha pretendido que la dificultad vaya de menos a más y que las prácticas se vayan apoyando en las anteriores, para tener al final una única solución que englobe todas las lecciones. El último capítulo quiere englobar el uso de todas las lecciones aprendidas en las lecciones anteriores para crear una aplicación que bien podría ser una aplicación real para un cliente. Se trata de una aplicación que muestra en tiempo real información sobre las cámaras de tráfico de la ciudad de Madrid. ABSTRACT. The improvements that have occurred in recent years in terms of power and capabilities of mobile phones that we use on a daily basis, bring an increment in demand for all kind of applications, from general consumer applications, games or even internal applications that offer solutions to companies. There are different operating systems for mobile phones as will be explained later in the introductory chapter. In that chapter the answer for why this Thesis focuses on the study of the Android operating system is given as well. First an overview of the state of the art about the world of mobile applications will be referred. The pros and cons of each operating system will be explained, detailing the programming language used in each of them and their main characteristics. Then in chapter three will be discussed in more depth the Android operating system, from its history and beginnings to the main components for the creation of an application, to the internal architecture of the system or virtual machine. The goal of chapter three is to give the readers a context that allows them to understand the following chapters, where the core of this Thesis is. The fourth chapter contains a series of incremental practices covering a large part of the potential of the Android operating system for application development. Those practices grow in difficulty and are supported by the previous in order to have at the end a single solution that fits all lessons. The last chapter wants to embrace the use of all the lessons learned in previous lessons to create an application that could well be an actual application for a client. It is an application that displays real-time information off traffic cameras of the city of Madrid.

Control de módulo 3G mediante aplicación Android

Este proyecto describe la metodología a seguir para conectar la plataforma Arduino a dispositivos Android y establecer una conexión que permita controlar dicha plataforma. Sobre Arduino se acoplará un módulo 3G que permitirá hacer uso de funcionalidades propias de los teléfonos móviles. El objetivo final del proyecto era el control del módulo 3G mediante comandos AT enviados desde un dispositivo Android (tableta) conectado a través de USB. Para ello, se ha desarrollado una aplicación de demostración que permite el uso de algunas de las funcionalidades de comunicación del módulo 3G. Para alcanzar el objetivo propuesto se ha investigado sobre temas tales como: internet de las cosas, las tecnologías de comunicaciones móviles, el sistema operativo Android y el desarrollo de aplicaciones móviles, la plataforma Arduino, el funcionamiento del módulo 3G y sobre la comunicación serie que permitirá comunicarse entre Android y módulo 3G. El proyecto proporciona una guía de iniciación con explicaciones de los diferentes dispositivos, tecnologías y pasos a seguir para la integración de las diferentes plataformas que se han usado en el proyecto: Arduino, Módulo de comunicaciones 3G, y Android. ABSTRACT. This project describes the methodology to connect the Arduino platform to Android devices and establish a connection to allow the platform control. A 3G module will be engaged on Arduino allowing the usage of mobile phones functionalities. The main objective of the project was the control of 3G module through AT commands sent from an Android device (tablet) connected via USB. For that, a demonstration application was developed to permit the use of some communication features of 3G module. To achieve the target, an investigation has been carried out about issues such as: internet of things, mobile communications technologies, the Android operating system and mobile applications development, the Arduino platform, the 3G module operation and serial communication that allows the communication between Android and the 3G module. The project provides a starter guide with explanations of the different devices, technologies and steps for the integration of the different platforms that have been used in the project: Arduino, 3G communications module and Android.

Uma proposta de solução para funcionamento offline em aplicações android

Given the growing demand for the development of mobile applications, driven by use increasingly common in smartphones and tablets grew in society the need for remote data access in full in the use of mobile application without connectivity environments where there is no provision network access at all times. Given this reality, this work proposes a framework that present main functions are the provision of a persistence mechanism, replication and data synchronization, contemplating the creation, deletion, update and display persisted or requested data, even though the mobile device without connectivity with the network. From the point of view of the architecture and programming practices, it reflected in defining strategies for the main functions of the framework are met. Through a controlled study was to validate the solution proposal, being found as the gains in reducing the number of lines code and the amount of time required to perform the development of an application without there being significant increase for the operations.

Uma proposta de solução para funcionamento offline em aplicações android

Given the growing demand for the development of mobile applications, driven by use increasingly common in smartphones and tablets grew in society the need for remote data access in full in the use of mobile application without connectivity environments where there is no provision network access at all times. Given this reality, this work proposes a framework that present main functions are the provision of a persistence mechanism, replication and data synchronization, contemplating the creation, deletion, update and display persisted or requested data, even though the mobile device without connectivity with the network. From the point of view of the architecture and programming practices, it reflected in defining strategies for the main functions of the framework are met. Through a controlled study was to validate the solution proposal, being found as the gains in reducing the number of lines code and the amount of time required to perform the development of an application without there being significant increase for the operations.

Tourism mobile and recommendation systems - a state of the art

Recommendation systems have been growing in number for the last fifteen years. To evolve and adapt to the demands of the actual society, many paradigms emerged giving birth to even more paradigms and hybrid approaches. Mobile devices have also been under an incredible growth rate in every business area, and there are already lots of mobile based systems to assist tourists. This explosive growth gave birth to different mobile applications, each having their own advantages and disadvantages. Since recommendation and mobile systems might as well be integrated, this work intends to present the current state of the art in tourism mobile and recommendation systems, as well as to state their advantages and disadvantages.

Recommendation & mobile systems - a state of the art for tourism

Recommendation systems have been growing in number over the last fifteen years. To evolve and adapt to the demands of the actual society, many paradigms emerged giving birth to even more paradigms and hybrid approaches. These approaches contain strengths and weaknesses that need to be evaluated according to the knowledge area in which the system is going to be implemented. Mobile devices have also been under an incredible growth rate in every business area, and there are already lots of mobile based systems to assist tourists. This explosive growth gave birth to different mobile applications, each having their own advantages and disadvantages. Since recommendation and mobile systems might as well be integrated, this work intends to present the current state of the art in tourism mobile and recommendation systems, as well as to state their advantages and disadvantages.

MyListBox

As redes sociais são estruturas compostas por indivíduos ou grupos que estão relacionados por gostos e preferências, culturas ou origens e valores ou ideais. Há alguns anos para cá, o conceito de rede social expandiu-se para a internet, e de um modo geral as redes sociais online têm como objectivo a criação de um perfil e a partilha do mesmo com amigos. Hoje em dia, há redes sociais que cumprem vários objectivos diferentes, seja apenas para partilhar o perfil de uma identidade (pessoa, grupo ou organização), seja para atingir um serviço específico, por exemplo partilhar o Curriculum Vitae. Embora haja muitos cépticos, as redes sociais ganham novos adeptos todos os dias, como tal, as redes sociais disponibilizam aplicações para dispositivos móveis para assim os seus utilizadores poderem obter a informação mais rápido, em qualquer altura, em qualquer lugar, no seu smartphone ou tablet. É imperativo que as aplicações para dispositivos móveis estão continuamente fornecer funcionalidades mais ricas, e mesmo apesar da actual aceitação das pessoas em relação aos dispositivos móveis, a tendência é para continuarem neste ritmo, ou até mesmo aumentar, pois os utilizadores estarão sempre a pedir mais, além disso, a concorrência entre os vendedores irá manter viva a evolução natural da tecnologia. Para construir uma empresa por trás de uma rede social exige um perfil empreendedor, e a vocação para o empreendedorismo não é baseada em Dna, cultura, origem ou religião, em breves palavras, não se nasce empreendedor. É algo que se desenvolve no tempo, e que se melhora com os erros cometidos, não só com os nossos mas como os erros de outros empreendedores. O espírito empreendedor é algo que cresce após a primeira ideia, e até mesmo antes, de forma inconsciente, através do desenvolvimento de competências específicas. A MyListBox é uma rede social que fornece um serviço específico, de criação de listas de presentes e partilha das mesmas com amigos e familiares, que disponibiliza aplicações para dispositivos móveis com iOS e Android, e futuramente aplicação para Windows Phone 7, que permitem os utilizadores acederem às suas listas, e às listas dos seus amigos a qualquer hora, em qualquer lugar mesmo não estando ligado à internet. No contexto do projecto MyListBox, o trabalho resultante desta tese teve como principais objectivos: - Apresentar as experiências no mundo do empreendedorismo - Resultados dos concursos de empreendedorismo - Estado da arte no universo das aplicações móveis - Avaliação dos mecanismos de segurança para aplicações móveis - Critérios da decisão na implementação dos métodos de consistência e replicação de dados.

Mobile application to provide personalized sightseeing tours

Tourist recommendation systems have been growing over the last years, mainly because of the use of mobile devices to get user context. This work discuss some of the most relevant systems on the field and presents PSiS Mobile, which is a mobile recommendation and planning application designed to support a tourist during his vacations. It provides recommendations about points of interest to visit based on tourist preferences and on user and sight context. Also, it suggests a visit planning which can be dynamically adapted based on current user and sight context. This tool works like a journey dairy since it records the tourist moves and tasks to help him remember how the trip was like. To conclude, some field experiences will be presented.

Projecto de conceito e estrutura de uma aplicação mobile para a marca NIVEA

Trabalho de projecto apresentado à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Publicidade e Marketing.

Mobile collaborative cloudless computing

Although the computational power of mobile devices has been increasing, it is still not enough for some classes of applications. In the present, these applications delegate the computing power burden on servers located on the Internet. This model assumes an always-on Internet connectivity and implies a non-negligible latency. The thesis addresses the challenges and contributions posed to the application of a mobile collaborative computing environment concept to wireless networks. The goal is to define a reference architecture for high performance mobile applications. Current work is focused on efficient data dissemination on a highly transitive environment, suitable to many mobile applications and also to the reputation and incentive system available on this mobile collaborative computing environment. For this we are improving our already published reputation/incentive algorithm with knowledge from the usage pattern from the eduroam wireless network in the Lisbon area.

Estudo e desenvolvimento de sistema de cobrança de portagens baseado em NFC

Tese para obter o grau de Mestre em Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações