Desarrollo de una aplicación móvil para la gestión de una competencia de orientación con localización GPS en ANDROID

Abstract

The purpose of the degree work considered as a technical project was the development and implementation of a mobile application for the management of an orientation competition with the location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Android. The software used was Android Studio for the development of the application and is based on the IntelliJIDEA package, for the storage of the data, the work was carried out with the MySQL and Php database manager. The implemented architecture is that of client-server in three layers, presentation, business and data; the same that corresponds to the scenario of the project in a satisfactory way. For the development of the mobile application the SCRUM methodology was applied because it allowed working in a coordinated way in team through meetings, the needs of the client were obtained called requirements, the same which were organized by priorities and the sprints were defined for their later development, in order to deliver a quality product and achieve customer satisfaction with the results shown in each meeting. Using the usability test on the mobile application, the following results were obtained: Identity with 85.75%, Content with 89.40%, Navigation with 74.67%, Utility with 93%, Feedback with 80%. It is concluded that the mobile application stands out in the utility for the end user because it meets the proposed objective, showing that it is best used personally, athletes at the time of navigation in the mobile application find a degree of difficulty due to that certain information is difficult to identify immediately. It is always recommended to have the opinión of the end user through the research technique to know the acceptance of the product.