Week 5 Updates:

Tuesday 4/26:

        This week in lab we continue to work on coding.  Each of us has been working on a set piece for the last week or so, and now we are trying to finalize each piece so that we can begin to put them all together.  Mercedes is working on the timer, and she is trying to make sure that it counts down the way that we want it to so that it can be implemented into the app correctly.  Luke is finishing up the log in system as well as compiling the code all together.  I have been working to code the calendar so that the pills will show up as events.  All of these tasks have come with minor snags that we are working to fix.  Every time that we code something we use the Android Studio software to generate a test phone that attempts to run the code.  Sometimes the code is written with no syntax errors, but it will still not run on the phone.  That has been the most frustrating part because it becomes difficult to define the problem.  Without being able to define the issues, they become difficult to fix.  The process is long, but it is better that we are testing as we go.  This way we know that each individual piece works when we put it together.  Most of the pieces we are coding have a basic structure that we need to tweak so that they work the way we want them to in the app.

Wednesday 4/27:
       Each team member continues to work on their current project. We are beginning to really make some progress and hope to continue with this success.

Friday 4/29:
      Update on the Countdown Timer page of the app:
-The goal is to have two different timer options. One will be a preset 30 minute countdown, since this seems like a common amount of time for sometime to take medication before/after a meal. The other timer will be able to have user-input so the user can set it to any time to count down from.
-So far, Mercedes has almost finalized the 30 minute timer. Below are some screenshots of the page so far.
-The rest of the week, Mercedes will be working on the other user-input timer along with the following features that are still needed for this timer.
  -Display in minutes & seconds, rather than just seconds
  -Alarm/notification when timer is finished
  -Ability for timer to run in background while app is not open.

Sunday 5/1:

The group could not meet up this Sunday as a group, but individually we all kept working. We communicate through our group chat to keep in touch and make sure everyone stays on task. We are continuing to make progress on each individual page of the application. Hopefully, between the next two weeks we will be creating the home screen which connects all of this individual pages together.