Discussion: Realistic App Ideas

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Most of you sent me some ideas for your final app. I probably gave you some feedback on your ideas. We need to make sure your idea is suitable for the class. There are a few things that make your idea suitable:

1. It must be a useful app that hasn't been done before in the app store.
2. It must be something that you could realistically finish in the time we have left.
3. It must be something that you could realistically do using the skills we have learned in this class (plus any new techniques you have time and capability to learn).
4. You must create any graphics and sounds that go in your app.

In general, #1 means your app cannot be a video player, music player, or game (except educational games for children).

In general, #3 means your app cannot be a collaborative app such as crowdsourcing or communication between phones. (Think multiplayer games.) This involves some server programming that we have not learned in this class. Server programming is covered to a small extent in Unit 5, if you care to look at it. But even Unit 5 does not teach you everything you need to know to set up the server.

Example of something that might need a server: A list of all the barber shops in your area. The list has to be stored somewhere and searchable. There are too many to put on the phone. So we put the list on a server and the phone requests the ones that are closest to the current location. Giving the phone access to the server is easy. Creating the server itself and putting all those locations in the

#4 means you are not allowed to use copyrighted graphics and sounds found on the internet.

As the week progresses, I will post ideas that people have had in the past.