Abstract

The ReplyMe SMS Mobile Application is a comprehensive and user-friendly messaging app designed to facilitate efficient communication through text messages on mobile devices. This project serves as the final year project for a Bachelor’s degree, showcasing the culmination of the student’s knowledge and skills in software development.

The app offers an intuitive user interface, allowing users to manage conversations, compose messages, and customize their messaging preferences. With a client-server architecture and integration of Firebase Cloud Messaging, the application ensures real-time message delivery and updates.

By incorporating industry-standard practices and methodologies, the project team aims to deliver a reliable and robust messaging platform. This project demonstrates the student’s ability to design, develop, and deploy a functional mobile application, enhancing user experience and providing seamless communication capabilities.

CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1 Problem Statement.

The existing messaging apps lack essential features and user-friendly interfaces, hampering efficient text communication on mobile devices. This project aims to develop an improved SMS Mobile Application that addresses these limitations. The goal is to create an app with intuitive conversation management, message threading, multimedia attachment support, and real-time notifications. The app should have a user-friendly interface and be compatible with various Android devices. By overcoming these challenges, this project aims to enhance the overall user experience in text-based communication.

1.2 Purpose

This project is an attempt to use the traditional method of communication by improving on it so as to make communication fluid even when you communicate with someone who does not have updated devices which might not support the current technology.

This project aims at adding a lacking feature on the traditional system to encourage the multitude to use it and those that are using it to enjoy the experience.

1.3 Background

This project started as an idea to solve a problem I myself am a victim of. When you wake up in the morning, a friend of yours might send you several messages in the form of a question and the answers might be similar in the sense that any reply may not be seen as specific.

In such cases you just feel weak to take time to copy the message and add some character and your response to it which is the current method used by most people.So i found it good one can select a message and reply to it and the sender knows specifically what message has been answered.

1.4 Process

This project which aims at better communication which is an engine of development will be able in a long term to achieve its purpose as long as the people give it a chance again to use the traditional method.

This project, when successful, will encourage you to talk even with your mother back in the village who does not have access to quality tools of communication as those in more developed areas of the territory. To ensure that this project reaches it objective, the project will be carried out in two phases;

–           Development of the App

–           Advertisement of  the App

1.4.1 Development

The development of this project is aimed to take at least 12 months for the android version and another 6 months for the iOS version of the app from the initiation of the project.

During the development of the android version, users will be able to test it to make sure its technical issues are solved while the application meets its promised features. this will take at least 12 months before released to the external testers for the android version and 3 months for the iOS version.  For the development, Android Studio will be used and the UI developed with XML while the code will be in kotlin.

1.4.2 Running and Testing

The running of the application will be on Android Studio which provides virtual devices for testing and also on physical android devices as well as the testing to make sure the app works seamlessly across devices. Also a small team of external testers mainly public will be able to give us feedback which will help in the fixing of the errors.

1.4.3 Deployment

This is still in the first phase of the project as this is the level where the app is published on the marketplace for the pleasure of the users to get the app and start enjoying the experience. From this phase the App will be in constant update due to other issues that might arise from the greater consumer of the product since a wider range of users will have access to the app.

1.4.4 Creating public awareness

This is phase 2 of the project whereby people will gain knowledge on the existence of such a tool . During this phase, to make sure the product is used by a great number, its benefit and added value will be put forward through project presentation events. The later will carried out while online ads will be ran for a limited period from local to global making sure that it reaches it intended and unintended customers

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