Project Domain / Category
Mobile App / Cloud Computing
Abstract / Introduction
Android application for women’s safety is a mobile application developed with the primary objective of ensuring the safety and security of women in situations where they feel threatened or insecure. This is more than just an application; it’s a movement towards a safer world for women. This application addresses real-world security challenges and provides peace of mind. When activated by the user(women), it will immediately connect her to the nearest police station and notifying her trusted contacts i.e., parents/guardians with real-time location information.
Functional Requirements:
- There should be separate interfaces for women, police representatives and parents/guardians.
- User registration and login: The application should allow all types of users to create an account and log in using their credentials.
- Different interfaces should open based on the type of user.
- Emergency Button: The application must have a prominent and easily accessible emergency button on the user interface.
- When the emergency button activated, application send notification to nearest police station and trusted contacts i.e. parents/guardians.
- The application must access the device’s GPS to determine the user’s real-time location.
- the application should continuously share the user’s real-time location with police station and parents/guardians.
- User profile: Users should be able to update their profile information, including emergency contacts.
- Safety Tips and Resources: The application should an interface showing safety tips and information related to harassment prevention and personal security.
Final Code Get
Tools:
Students may use Android studio or any other IDE as per his/her choice but he/she will have to use JAVA programming language. It is also required that data storage and retrieval be conducted via Google’s Cloud platform, specifically Firebase.
In regard to computational resources, any expenses incurred by students will not be covered by the Virtual University of Pakistan as students are responsible for managing such expenses by themselves.
