Mobiilirakenduste Arendus 2025/26 sügis

Project Requirements

A project should integrate 2-4 core features that are thematically connected. These include a Data & Persistence feature like a local database (Room) or a cloud backend (Firebase), a UI & Navigation feature such as a multi-activity design or custom animations, and an API Integration feature to connect to external services like a location-based or media streaming API.

In addition to these core features, a team can add one or two of the following:

• A simple System Integration feature, such as using a device sensor or the camera.
• A Distribution & Monetization feature like a basic landing page or a simulation of micro-payments.
• An On-device AI/ML feature using Android MLKit libraries to summarize text or draft messages.

1. Data & Persistence

These features focus on how an app handles and stores information, both locally and remotely.

• Storage or Database Connectivity: This involves managing data on the device using a local database like Room or a cloud-based database like Firebase Realtime Database or Firestore.
• User Login and Profiling: This includes implementing secure user authentication and creating user profiles to personalize the app experience, often with a service like Firebase Authentication.
• Preferences: Allows users to customize their app experience with a controls screen and persisting their preferences across sessions.
• Analytics: Integrating analytics to track user behavior, feature usage, and crashes, which is crucial for making data-driven product decisions.

2. User Interface & Navigation

This category includes features that define the app's visual design and how users move between different parts of it.

• Multi-Activity Design: Building an app with multiple screens and managing the navigation between them, demonstrating a solid understanding of the Android component lifecycle.
• Custom Animations and Transitions: Going beyond standard transitions to create a visually impressive app with custom animations, such as shared element transitions or object animations.
• Multi-touch and Gesture Recognition: Developing an app that responds to complex user input like pinch-to-zoom or custom gestures.

3. API Integration & Real-Time Data

These features involve connecting the app to external services and hardware to get dynamic content.

• Location-Based Services: Using the device's GPS to create a project that interacts with the user's physical location, often involving the Google Maps API.
• Media Streaming: Building an app that streams audio or video content from an online source, which requires handling network requests and managing a player state.
• Camera and Image Processing: Creating a project that uses the camera for tasks like real-time filtering, barcode scanning, or object recognition.
• Device Sensors: Utilizing the device's various sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, light sensor) to create interactive features.
• Open Data: Using open access data sets, such as those from the EU or Tartu's open data portal, to power app concepts with real-time information like public transport positions or wind speed.

4. Monetization & Distribution

This category focuses on the business and practical aspects of releasing a mobile app to a wider audience.

• Releasing to an App Store: The process of preparing the app for publication, including generating a signed APK and writing a compelling app store listing.
• Landing and Marketing Page: Designing and building a simple website to promote the app, branded with a recognizable logo and visual style.
• Micro-payments: Implementing in-app purchases to sell virtual goods or unlock features.

5. System Integration & Connectivity

These features showcase a deeper understanding of how the app interacts with other devices and services.

• Bluetooth Connectivity: Building an app that communicates with another device via Bluetooth.
• Augmented Reality (AR): Using ARCore to create an experience that overlays digital information onto the real world using the device's camera.