Clean Up

This week we've done a bunch of fine tuning for our app.

We worked on the Graphical User Interface. We designed a few more icons for the map and we sketched up a few different background ideas for the different screens.

We also fixed up some things with the scheduling part of the app, making it more user friendly. The scheduling now works smoothly with adding and deleting items, as well as sustaining the events beyond the session. 

To Be Continued

We've made further developments to the map prototype to make it more user friendly. The app now also has an about screen. Finally, we started work on the scheduling part of our application that will allow students to enter their schedules so the app can send reminders for when they should leave their current location to get to their destination on time.

We took our icon drafts from last week and came up with our final icon concept. We incorporated RPI's school colors, and used Photoshop CC to make the final icon design.

We've created a few other icons for use in the app such as the notification icon and location cursor icons, etc. These icons have already been incorporated into the app.

Under Construction

Our app is shaping up!

We've started to work on the basic framework for our app, and things are starting to come together. This week we've made progress in the following ways:

Basic path finding prototype: 

The app uses OpenStreetMap to convert inputted addresses to GeoPoints. The produced JSON file is parsed for longitude and latitude which is directed to the MapQuest Road Manager to find a feasible route between the given locations. 

Developed several concept for icon:

As an android app, RPI Walk will require a launcher icon and a notification icon. We've drawn up a few different artworks for the launcher icon using Adobe Photoshop Elements under the guidelines from Android Developers.