Extending the "70 Cavaquinhos, 70 Artistas" Exhibition with mobile applications

• Autor(a) principal: Henriques, Tiago Manuel Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17927
• topic: Computação móvel; Exposições - Artes decorativas; Aplicações móveis

Mobile applications have been gaining impact and relevance in people's quotidian, adding value not only in a professional level but also in a personal one. The wide range of mobile applications provides support in distinctive areas, from entertainment, to exercise, work, personal achievement, among others. Exhibitions focus on the artistic expression, in the most diverse ways. The support to the exhibitions has been achieved mainly through yers or written messages, however more recently also with mobile applications. In this context, the aim of this project concerns the development of a mobile application able to provide support to the \70 Cavaquinhos, 70 Artistas" exhibition, in a complementary way. In particular, the application should be able to foment the public's interest on this speci c exhibition, considering, however, the advantage of building an application easily adapted to other exhibitions. The interactive nature of the application was explored through the integration of speci c features, as a reading system or an exhibition-related game. Two applications were developed for two di erent platforms, in Java for Android and in Swift for iOS, maintaining, however, a similar content. As expected, some adjustments of functionalities and speci c features for each operating system had to be implemented. A common backend for both applications was also developed - Firebase. The Android application can be already found on Play Store, while the iOS application is ready to be published. The two developed applications ful l the initial established criteria, providing additional and relevant information about the exhibition, thus o ering a better experience not only during the exhibition itself but also before and after it. Additionally, these applications can be easily adapted to other exhibitions, just by modifying the data inserted in the backend database.