Android Application Demo for Santa Monica College

A brief slide deck outlining a simple Android application created for Santa Monica College CS86 class. The goal was to create an app specifically tailored for live music enthusiasts. Similar apps available are Archivist and MusicArchive.

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1. Android Project
   Walkthrough
   Kristian Allen
   Instructor: Ken Geddes
   Course: SMC CS86 - Winter 2011
   

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2. - Create a fun and useful app
   - Self contained, but room for expansion
   - Scratch an itch that hasn't been met
   - Build on external data
   Design and Development Goals
   

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3. Decision : A Live Music Jukebox
   - Jukebox app specifically tailored towards the
   needs of live music enthusiasts
   - Live music is presented and browsed
   differently than traditional album based music
   - Some apps are out there, but could be
   improved upon for a specific niche
   

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4. Design Concept Outline
   Functional:
   - 3 pages -
   Lists and Detail pages
   - Detail page features
   setlist
   -User can click song
   to play
   Technical:
   - Multiple layouts
   - Pull data from
   Internet Archive
   - Custom JSON
   transformer objects
   - Local datastore for
   favorites
   

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5. Design Mockups
   

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6. Technical Architecture Diagram
   Android Device
   Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org
   JSON Data Exchange via HTTP
   Present Data to User
   Store User Preferences
   Local Datastore
   User Viewing Tool
   (Tablet/Phone)
   Data transforms and caching
   

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7. Android Components Used
   - MediaPlayer
   - HttpClient
   - JSON related libraries
   - Intents to share data across Activities
   

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8. Room for Improvement
   - Caching of data to reduce external calls to
   archive.org
   - More robust navigation
   - Ability to share favorites with others,
   increasing the social aspect
   - Generalize for use with all bands
   

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9. Appendix - Tools and Resources
   - Google Docs - Presentation Deck
   - Balsamiq - Rapid design mockup tool
   - Example of retrieving external data -
   Newsreader Tutorial
   - Example of parsing JSON data
   JSON parsing list adapter tutorial
   

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