Buddy-Me Android Application

Hey Everybody,

I just completed my first individual Android project, titled BuddyMe. The intention with Buddy Me was to create a network by which people could quickly and easily identify which of their friends are in their vicinity and locate them. This app would be a great asset for any socialite who is typically found traversing the streets of a popular city on any given night.

The app itself is, of course, written in java with help from the android libraries. The information regarding friends is stored on a server running ruby on rails. When prompted by the user, the app retrieves relevant user data from the server, processes it, and translates it onto a google map, allowing users to see where they are, and where their friends are.

This is an example of a friend that has been located.

More integration and features to come! (as well as an iphone version?)

UPDATE: The backend originally used Ruby on Rails, but due to limitations, I decided to build a backend in Python. Python hosts a web server with a unique WEB API. Requests are formed in the android application and sent to the webserver, which takes the appropriate action, whether that be retrieving data from the SQL database, updating data in the database, or returning information to the phone.