Project
Domain / Category
Mobile Apps
Abstract /
Introduction
This app lets users with vehicles help other users who
have the closest current location and destination by giving them a lift. A user
who has a vehicle and is about to start a journey first marks its status as “I
can share a ride” and then enters its destination in the app before starting
the journey. A person who wants to travel but is not having conveyance requests
the app for a lift by providing his/her destination. The app calculates three
things:
1. Requesting user’s current distance from the current distances of
all the users who have marked their status as “I can share a ride”.
2. Distance of destination of the requesting user from the
destinations of all the users who have marked their status as “I can share a
ride”.
3. Finally, the app adds up the current location distance and destination
distance for each user whose status is “I can share a ride” from the requesting
user.
The user with the smallest sum is
the selected user. A message appears on the selected user’s smart phone that
someone wants a ride. The location of the requesting user is also shared with
the selected user on the map so that selected user may pick the requesting user
from its current location. After the journey ends, a user who has set its
status to “I can share a ride” will mark its status as “I cannot share a ride”
so that the app knows that he/she is no longer offering a ride.
Functional
Requirements:
1. A user must be able to register in the app.
2. A user can mark its status as “I can share a ride” and set its
destination on the map before starting its journey.
3. A user can request for a ride and provide its destination on the
map.
4. Once a user requests a ride, the app calculates the following
things:
a. Requesting user’s current distance from the current distances of
all the users who have marked their status as “I can share a ride”.
b. Distance of destination of the requesting user from the
destinations of all the users who have marked their status as “I can share a
ride”.
c. Finally, the app adds up the current location distance and
destination distance for each user whose status is “I can share a ride” from
the requesting user.
d. The user with the smallest sum is the selected user.
5. The app sends the message to the selected user “You have a ride
request” and displays the current location of the requesting user on the map.
6. A user who has marked its status as “I can share a ride” can
mark its status as “I cannot share a ride” after the journey ends.
Note: The functionality of adding
friends is not required. By default, all the users are friends of each other. Tools:
Android
Supervisor:
Name: Yasar Mehmood
Email ID: apcs2@vu.edu.pk
Skype ID: yasar.mehmood111
