iHub / chunga.me-App

This is a joint project between iHub, MIT Media Lab and Wildlife Works‘ local project in the corridor between Tsavo East and Tsavo West national parks. Last year the iHub hosted the MIT Media Lab for their off-site visit to Kenya. During this period, we managed to make a joint trip to Wildlife Works offices — located in the crucial migratory corridor between Tsavo East and Tsavo West. Our aim then was to establish what problems technology such as sensors and various software could help solve out in the poaching-affected area. We learnt a lot on this fact-finding mission — for example, the area to be covered spans 14 large ranches, so sensors may not be as feasible as we initially thought. We eventually settled on creating an app that would ease the data collection processes currently used by Wildlife Works rangers and embarked on developing a prototype late 2014. We have since organized multiple field trips to get more information from the intended end-users of the app: the Wildlife Works rangers and research team.

Chungame Android Application

Copyright (C) 2015 Ihub.

Dependencies

1. Eclipse for Android
2. Android SDK. Min sdk is 8
3. Android App Compat version 7
4. Validation Komensky https://github.com/inmite/android-validation-komensky

Running the project

1. Start Eclipse
2. Import the Chungame application:
   1. Click File | Import | Android | Existing Android Code into Workspace
   2. Select RangerApp
   3. Click Finish
3. Import validation-komensky as a library
   1. Download Validation Komensky
   2. Click File | Import | Android | Existing Android Code into Workspace
   3. Select the validation-komensky project
   4. Click Finish
   5. Right-click on RangerApp, then click Properties
   6. In the project properties window, click the Android section
   7. Add a reference to the validation-komensky project (click Remove to remove any broken references, then click Add to add the correct one)

Your project should now compile.

Structure

You will find the following under the com.ihub.rangerapp package:

• adapter - Contains utility functions used in the app.
• data/service - Contains the CRUD and Data export functions.
• data/sqlite - Contains the schema definition and function for connecting to the sqlite db.
• loader - Contains functions that load data from the database.
• model - Contains definitions of tables in the database.
• view - Contains fragments used in the application.
• view/reports - Contains fragments for the the report viewer.

Support

For support, contact Ihub - [e-mail]