Group Project - Travel Exotikos

Travel Exotikos is an android app that allows a user to have a travel companion who helps you while traversing through confusing airports and travel stops. The app uses the airline api https://developer.flightstats.com/api-docs/ for getting airport and travel data.

Time spent: 4x hours spent in total for wireframes

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• Way to input information
  • Bar code scanner [Owner: Ada]
    • APIs to use the bar code scanner - library https://pdf417.mobi/ [Owner: Ada]
    • What information is obtained from the QR code [Owner: Ada]
    • Use https://shaun.net/whats-contained-in-a-boarding-pass-barcode/ to obtain QR code scanning
      • Name
      • booking reference???,
      • from-to-airline need dictionary/service to read this. ATLMEMDL=from Atlanta to Memphis, Delta
      • Flight #
      • Departure day 006 = 06JAN Julian format
      • Cabin Y-economy, F-first, J-business
      • Seat #
  • Manually provide the information [Owner: Lakshmy] Optional
• Get the native clock and provide push notification for when the travel is imminent and in progress
  • Travel start [Owner: Jesus]
    • Upcoming flights list view [Owner: Jesus]
    • Flight detail activity
      • Fragment - You will flight in X days
      • Fragment - Your flight will depart in XX hours, head to {AirportName}
      • [Actions] Give me directions
      • [Checks section] Before you leave
      • Luggage
      • Visas ** Stretch **
      • Medication ** Stretch **
  • In Progress [Owner: Lakshmy]
    • In flight [Owner: Lakshmy]
      • Fragment - details on the next leg of the journey
      • In flightCountry
      • Time zone
      • Language
      • Details of the next airport (shops, etc) [Stretch]
    • Fragment - inflight exercises
      • Leg exercises
      • Back exercises
      • In airport [Owner: Ada]
  • Security Checkin [Owner: Lakshmy]
    • In airport
      • Provide video on checkin
      • Provide information on prohibited items
      • Provide information on what needs to be done for security
      • Provide webpage on both TSA security and prohibited items
  • Destination [Owner: Lakshmy]
    • In airport
      • Provide next gate information
      • Time gap between landing to next gate
      • provide baggage information
  • Provide users will additional help needed along the way[Owner: Ada]
    • Include translation as needed [Owner: Ada]

The following optional features are implemented:

• Barometric pressure changes - provide exercises to pop ears [stretch]
• Manually allow users to input travel information [Owner: Lakshmy]

The following additional features are implemented:

• List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality!

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

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Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Picasso - Image loading and caching library for Android

License

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