How to create app about event scheduling?

Question

Hello, everybody!

I’m starting my activities as an Android developer, and as a first project I thought of creating an application that could inform the user the schedule of activities provided by the city, such as sports practice locations and times, free shows, physical activities, art fairs and so on. However, since I am totally beginner, I wanted you to give me a north.

All this data is found on the site of the city, but would not know for example how to put them in the application.

Would it be through a database? What would I have to know to create an application like this?

Answer 1

Hello, Renan!

Welcome to the Android world! Congratulations on your initiative. Not what is your level of knowledge to answer such a comprehensive question, so I apologize if I explain things you already know or fail to explain something you need to.

To make an Android application you would use the Android Studio IDE, Java language, Object-Oriented Programming (paradigm), XML language, and the Sqlite database. If you already know the basics of these technologies, I would recommend you to follow a basic Android course on youtube, there are some very good ones, so you can better understand how each of these technologies are used within an application.

For this app you present to do, you would use a web service, which will be a second project beyond the app. In this case, you would have to use a language for web systems. I recommend using Java, which also serves the web besides Android, so that even keep the practice of what you have used in the Android app.

The Android app will ask the web service data to go to where the event data is and collect it. Once collected, the web service returns the application data.

The application requests event data from the web service: Application -> asks for data-> Web service -> search-> Data

After collecting the data: Web service -> sends data -> application.

I hope you were able to show what the structure would look like for you in summary form. You will need an application and a web service, and in the application you will use Android Studio, Java, Object-Oriented Programming, Xml and Sqlite. Follows a home video!

Hugs!