Design and Development of Android Application for Virtual Birthday Present

摘要

Android is an Operating System that is based on Linux. It was predominantly designed for touch screen devices like tablets and smartphones. Android Application is a software application running on the Android platform. This paper presents an Android application which is used for virtual celebration. It is shared to surprise the near and dear on their birthdays, especially during these difficult times of the pandemic. This application is developed in Android Studio using activities and fragments. It contains images and texts from the sender, wishing the receiver a “Happy Birthday”. Each screen is assigned a stipulated amount of time after which the next screen appears. Due to the “Covid-19 Pandemic”, people could not meet their friends and family. As a small step towards overcoming this longing, this research work presents an Android application which is a virtual birthday present. Virtual birthday present makes users feel intimate and elated, following all the Covid-19 protocols simultaneously. Moreover, using this project, there is no limit to the number of photos one can share, nor it takes extra time to download each media file. Once the app is downloaded everything is at the user's fingertip.