Interaktiva radiotjänster : - en applikation för mobila Androidenheter

The increase in sales of the so called smart phones has meant that there has also been a requirement to determine new applications for which they are suitable. One of the largest platforms for smart phones is Android and the task of this thesis is to develop an application for a company that wishes to create interactive radio for the Internet. In addition to ordinary radio features, the company would like the application to be able to present images and a small web page called Canvas. The overall aim ,of this thesis, is to build a fully functional media player that is compatible with the majority of the commonly used Android based mobile units. To fulfill the overall aim, nine explicit goals were targeted. The first stage involved studying solutions for each goal and the second stage involved implementing them in the application and the stage involved evaluating the application by enlisting the help of an expert. An application was built that allows the user to choose a radio channel and listen to it whilst interacting with the canvas. The application was built in modules, each of which had its own task, for example dealing with the web services or the sound. The expert tested the application on three mobile units and answered a series of questions regarding the explicit goals. The expert considered that all the goals had been achieved , which can thus be interpreted that a well-functioning media player compatible with Android based units had been created. Keywords: Android, compatibility, web services, Java, smart telephone-down, media player