CS 528 Project 3

Computer Science Department

CS 528, Spring Semester Project 3: Recognizing Activities with Android Sensors, (9/100 of course grade)
Due date: Wednesday, March 16 by class time (6pm)!!

Overview

The aim of this project is to get you familiar with Android Sensors, specifically activity recognition using the Google Fit API. You will also explore SQLite databases and Android Maps. You may do the project either alone or in a group of up to 3 students.

Project Preparation

Step 1: Review Lecture 6 Class slides and Head First Android Chapter 13

Step 2: Review material on Google Fit

I have created the following slides that give an overview of Google Fit, which you can access [HERE] . You should also review the relevant sections of the Google website and following tutorials.

[ Getting Started with Google Fit]
[ How to recognize user activity with activity recognition ]

Step 3: Get Activity Recognition Working

Download the code for the activity recognition tutorial above that uses the Google Fit API [ HERE ] . Download it, open it in Android Studio, compile it and get it to run on a real phone. Remember that real phones are required to run sensor code. Study the code.

Project Requirements

You are to develop an app that continously recognizes 4 of the user's activities (walking, running, in vehicle and still). Whenever an activity is recognized, an appropriate picture is displayed and text describing the activity is displayed as well. Additionally, whever the user is walking or running music from an MP3 is played. Display the following images and play music from the following mp3 file for the corresponding activities:

[ In Vehicle ]
[ Running ]
[ Still ]
[ Walking ]
[ beat_02.mp3 ]

Create a local SQLite database to continuously store the start time of each activity along with the activity type. E.g. (12:24, walking).

Whenever a user switches to a new activity, a toast pops up displaying how long the last activity lasted. For instance, if the user was walking and became still, a toast may pop up announcing "You have just walked for 1 min, 36 seconds". Display a map of your current location at the top of the screen. The final app screen should look like the screen above.

Submitting Your Work

Capture a video of your running program. Make sure to double-check that everything works before submitting. Create a zip file containing your code, your APK and MP4 Video (Captured session) files. Submit your zip file using web-based turnin. Do not email me your program or submit it via dropbox. Before submitting MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECT'S APK FILE RUNS ON YOUR ANDROID PHONE Name your zip file according to the convention FirstName_lastName_hw3.zip. If the submission is for a group, then list all last names in the submission using the convention LastName1_LastName2_LastName3_hw3.zip.

mailto:emmanuel@cs.wpi.edu

CS 528, Spring Semester Project 3: Recognizing Activities with Android Sensors, (9/100 of course grade) Due date: Wednesday, March 16 by class time (6pm)!!