Week 14 Summary

The tasks done this week are as follows :

• Developing Recipe Hunter Android Application.

• Time spent : 18/11/2013 to 24/11/2013 (7 days)
• Findings / new knowledge gained :
• Fixed Ingredient page feature where it doesn't close up properly while pressing the "Cancel" button followed by exiting the app
• Included TextToSpeech (TTS) feature for speaking out Recipe's Directions
• Ability to control TextToSpeech (TTS) volume up or down
• Ability to increase or decrease TextToSpeech (TTS) voice's pitch
• Ability to control TextToSpeech (TTS) voice's speed either slower or faster
• Included 10 categories of recipes such as Appetizer, Beverage, Bread, Breakfast, Cookies, Dessert, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish and Soup
• Included total up of 100 recipes into the Recipe Database where each categories contains 10 recipes.
• Updated a large amount of Ingredients CheckBox in the Search By Ingredient page
• Tweak the method of calling database so that it loads faster on Category List Page, Recipe Details Page and Random Page
• Adjust app's resolution and created 3 Android Application Package File (APK) that suite phones with
  (800 * 480) [Samsung Galaxy S2, Google Nexus One, Google Nexus S],
  (854 * 480) [Sony Ericsson Xperia X10]
  and
  (1280 * 720 OR 1920 * 1080) resolutions [Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X OR Samsung Galaxy S4]

Plans for next week's task are as follows :

• Perform research and start to work on Chapter 4 : System Design and Implementation, Chapter 5 : System Testing and Chapter 6 : Conclusion documentation.

Regards,


SAW IU KING

Diploma in Information Technology

Semester 7

INTI International College Penang