GaryHilares / GeoSMS2_Frontend

Mobile application which acts as frontend for the backend of the GeoSMS2 project. It connects the SMS that any users send to the mobile running the application with the GeoSMS2 Backend.

GeoSMS2 Frontend

What is GeoSMS2 Frontend?

GeoSMS2 Frontend is a mobile application which acts as frontend for the backend of the GeoSMS2 project. It connects the SMS that any users send to the mobile running the application with GeoSMS2 Backend.

Be careful if you run the software without fully understanding what it does. Otherwise you may unintendedly send SMS to other people.

Platforms

• Android
• Windows (through virtualization)
• Linux (through virtualization)

Dependencies

Development

• Android Studio

Motivation

We want to help people in some Andean areas of Peru, who don't have access to the Internet, to access useful, if limited, Internet-like functionality through SMS.

Installation and usage

To setup a development environment for the application, you can follow the next steps:

1. Install Android Studio:
   • The Android Studio documentation explains the installation process here.
2. Build the project:
   1. Open the GeoSMS2 folder in Android studio.
   2. Configure the Android Studio's VM if you haven't already done it, or setup a mobile device for debugging.
   3. Use Android Studio's button to build and run the project in your VM/device.

For a production environment, build and export an APK using Android Studio. Then install it on your mobile device.

Contributors

Thanks to these wonderful people for making GeoSMS2 Frontend possible!

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.