tommyteavee / citizen-alert-app

Android App using Google Maps API to report emergency and get alerted

CitizenAlert

An android application built using Google maps API and Rest API to alert people where an emergency has happened

Citizen Alert is an online android based emergency reporting application that allows users to report an emergency such as fire, health emergency and crime online. Unfortunately, due to lack of technical expertise, lack of experience, incompetence of rescue agencies and low level corruption, such emergencies are not properly reported and sometimes are left completely untold. Essentially, the purpose of the project is to help members of society report incidents as well as be aware of what is happening in their surroundings. By using the application, people can know what areas to avoid, or where they can help. Rescue services, police and fire departments can be informed about incidents immediately along with the exact location ensuring quick and efficient response.

The locations pin-pointed on the map would be shown as custom markers having different colors to uniquely identify the type of activity being carried out. Green markers for health emergencies, red markers for fire emergencies and blue markers for crime related activities.

1 USER LOGIN SCREEN User sees login screen as soon as he starts the application. A create new account option is also given in the bottom incase a new user wants to register to the application.

2 MAIN MENU PAGE User sees a main menu page when he logs into the application. 4 options are provided to the users, which are to view emergencies & events, generate an emergency report, update/delete an emergency report and the settings options to turn on/off auto location option

3 VIEW EMERGENCY When user selects the “view emergency” option, he’s taken to another screen where a google map is shown with markers indicating recent events/emergencies. The user can also filter the emergencies according to location.

4 GENERATE EMERGENCY REPORT When user selects the “generate report” option, he’s taken to another screen where he has to fill in the desired text boxes, giving a brief description of the emergency, choosing the type of emergency and adding the location where the event occurred. After user submits, a marker will be placed at the desired location in the google map shown below.

5 EDIT/DELETE EMERGENCY When user selects the “Edit/Delete Emergency” option, he’s taken to another screen where the user can view all his generated emergencies. The user can therefore update or delete an emergency accordingly.

Database Schema For Help :


How To Run:

Import the project in eclipse or android studio. for sql connection you have to set the name of you webhost, database username and password in response.php you have to set the database required information put response the php file on your webhost for doing communication between the android application and database

file info:

a3785520_mydb.sql is the file for creating the dummy database that will be later used for storing and retrieving data response.php is the file that handle the requests comming from the android application and returns the response.

Note: For request from and response to android application we have used Volley library.