Android app for event management

Abstract

The events industry has grown significantly over the past decades. Companies,

organizations, schools, etc. organize many kinds of events of varying complexity, size

and scale. In the process of event management, the event planner has to monitor the

schedules of all these upcoming events. In addition, the event planner has to ensure

that crucial factors such as the logistical and budgeting elements are met.

The conventional approach adopted by event planners when sourcing for logistical

elements is to call up or physically locate companies who can cater to these logistical

needs, and most importantly, staying on budget. However, this approach is often time

consuming and overwhelming as it requires a lot of effort if the planners do not have

strong and dynamic relations with different suppliers.

The project’s main goal is to design an Event Management Application which includes a

resource advertising platform for users on the Android Mobile Operating System. With

this app, users can simply place advertisements to look for resources as long as they

have access to 3G or WIFI as a database server was setup to contain all these

information. In addition, users are able to perform the basic monitoring functions as per

other apps available on the Android Market.

The app was developed through Java Programming on Eclipse IDE and is compatible

with devices running at least OS2.3 as it is the more commonly used OS nowadays.

This report serves to provide the background overview, planning and design phase, the

implementation and testing phase of the Android app. In addition, the limitations, user

evaluation and future recommendations will be discussed.