Database: The database will be kept as a table format file in local sever, and the table will contains users’ nickname, e-mail, age, etc, which should be kept safe and only can’t be shown to other users only if
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Several technical choices in our software
Game Theory in Adding friends
Main points of Game Theory is: Modelling how individuals respond to each othersā actions Predicting behaviour when individuals interact Modelling how individuals respond to each othersā actions A game is the environment where such interactions take place, in our situation
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Scenario: John the professional tennis player who is visiting his parents in Southampton feels responsible to encourage people to exercise and practice sports, he has lots of digital connections, he login to SoSporty and created a tennis event for 4
Read moreDifferent types of users and personas:
Different types of users and personas: In this post, we will introduce usersā personaās that we will use in our scenario. We have considered that our users will be adults with multicultural and have also chosen users who fit different
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To represent our blog better, this post should be here to introduce the menu hierarchy,Ā categories and tags in our blog. (1) Menu hierarchy (Click SoSporty or our Logo on the top, will go back to the home page [Introduction page])
Read moreThe database used in SoSporty
The database used in SoSporty There are many database systems to be used such as LevelDB and Couchbase Lite but they are compatible with android systems only. Since we are using both platforms and operating systems (android-IOS) for developing our
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Data storage Our approach to data storage differs according to the operating system used with our SoSporty application. Android provides several options to save application data. Android provides 2 storage options for files ā Internal and External. Internal is private
Read moreHow SoSporty has dealt with Privacy issues:
How SoSporty has dealt with Privacy issues: Referring to the previous post about different privacy issues associated with LBS. here what our application aims to do. Controlling how much and what activities can the user sees cooperate with his convenience
Read moreLocation-based technology services (LBS) and issues around them
Location-based technology services: This is a very popular service based on different navigation technologies. LBS is a wireless service that determines the location information of the information device user by using Geographical Information System (GIS) and other satellite navigation platform.
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All users in SoSporty are made aware and acknowledged on how their data is used and what they are used for. We are being transparent about our privacy policies, so when a user signs up to SoSporty they have to
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SoSporty is a mobile application that provides a location-based social platform. It brings sports lovers together, who would like to exercise together or practice team sports near them anytime. Once you have registered and created a profile, you would be
Read moreSoSporty Connecting Online With offline social roles
Connecting Online With offline social roles We consider in our design of the application to try to provide what can help to socially spread quickly and engage people more into the network The first point is from the
Read moreSoSporty users types and users value
Users Our potential users are as mentioned above: Browsers who would like to know what is going around them, searchers for activities, types, location, and dates Casual Users who may join sports activities occasionally and need motivation to exercise by
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Meeting 8 Monday 27/04 Present: Shahini Rana, Xianglin Meng, MengZi Hao, YiXuan Cheng, Group Menter Itās the eighth meeting, and we talked so long a time. Firstly, we discussed some functions of our software in details, and moved the notify
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With the rapid development of network, a large number of software have sprung up. Although there is a lot of social software and sports software, most of the softwareās social part and sports part are separated, or the function of
Read moreGetting the Ethical Approve for The Survey
Getting the Ethical Approve for The Survey Ā Conducting a survey means that we need to have an ethical approve since we are sampling people, so we need to apply for ERGO. ERGO is the University of Southampton system that
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Designing The survey: Our aim Our project aims to design a location-based sportive online social network. So it aims is to explore peopleās use of sports activities related social networks, their opinions, requirements, and preferences about what our “SoSporty” network
Read moreConducting a Qualitative method to meet our potential users preferences and expectations
Preparing Our Survey In order to see what elements of social networking application are most important and will satisfy our users, we decided to use a qualitative method to investigate. For our application to be successful it has to fulfill
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Other Sports Websites & Apps: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g186338-s406/London:United-Kingdom:Sports.And.Activities.html https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/whats-on/sport https://www.visitengland.com/things-to-do/extreme-sports https://www.roughguides.com/ https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/water-sports/ https://www.adventurebritain.com/ https://www.sportengland.org/ https://playwaze.com/ https://bollingtonleisure.co.uk/ https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/sports/sports-app/ https://www.clublasanta.co.uk/sports-and-activities/sports-booking-token-system/ Related research: https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/22/consumers-spend-85-of-time-on-smartphones-in-apps-but-only-5-apps-see-heavy-use/ ā Consumers Spend 85ļ¼ of Time On Smartphones In Apps, But Only 5 Apps See Heavy Use.ā http://www.mobihealthnews.com/23649/fitness-app-installs-to-grow-60-percent-by-2017 āGlobal sports and
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Development purpose This APP is developed to provide a comprehensive platform for people who enjoy sports and social activities, so that people can more easily participate in activities to meet the needs of sports. Project overview Development background, goals
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