1. Unified Butterfly Recorder 4: iOS
May 16-14: Mason Berhenke - Blake Burns - Yujin Kok
Kyle Long - Matt McKillip - Eric Soland - DJ Todd
Client: Reiman Gardens, Nathan Brockman – Anita Westphal
Advisor: Dr. Diane Rover
Introduction
Using the App
Butterflies are an indicator species, meaning they can help gauge the effect of environmental changes, whether that be negative, positive, natural, or manmade. An Android application was created in 2013 by a senior design group, and an iOS application was started, but never finished in Through the demand for an iOS app growing and newer technologies arising came the creation of our team.
Problem
Solution
iOS users are unable to utilize UBR unless they had an extra Android device. Currently, the system requires old-fashion pen and paper which is slow, tedious, and prone to more errors.
An iOS app was previously attempted and was not completed.
Create an iOS application for UBR. The application will mimic the functionality of the Android application including custom lists, different survey types, and more.
If ready, the application would also integrate with the planned UBR Server to allow easy importing/exporting.
Home Page
Survey Creation
View completed / running surveys
Add survey details
Architecture
iOS Diagram
Apple encourages developers to follow Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern
User storage handled through Realms database
Importing and exporting data through Google Drive API
Apple device sensors provide location and camera API's
Butterfly List
Records
Map View
Select butterflies from list
View recorded sightings
View sightings on map
Design Requirements
Functional
Non-Functional
Implement Android functionality
Support multiple survey types
Allow user to input custom lists
Export surveys to Google Drive
Sign in through Google OAuth
UI will be simple to learn and use
Survey process will be faster than paper
Incidental sightings will take less than 15 seconds to input
The app will support different languages
Tools and Frameworks
iOS Development with Xcode 7
Using Realms to store butterfly survey data
Crashalytics and Fabric for Beta testing
OpenWeatherMap API for weather data
Development Testing
Automated UI testing through Xcode
Beta testing through Fabric
Team Management
Agile Development
User-story tracking through Trello
Code reviews and verification through GitHub
Trello
Story-based development
Short (2 week) sprints
Beginning/End of sprint meetings
Communication
Slack
Google Hangouts
Push builds and receive crash reports
Over 20 users with testing access
Bi-Weekly meetings with client to discuss feedback