ODK 2 Developer call
TIME:
Tuesday, May 22th, 2018 at 4:00-5:00 UTC (Monday, May 21th @ 9 pm PDT)
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Note: there are two ODK 2 developer meetings a month at different times to accommodate interested parties in various parts of the world.
We will be using Open Data Kit’s Uber Conference system:
LINK: https://www.uberconference.com/opendatakit
Please post below topics you would like to discuss at the meeting 
Hello everyone, I am Aditya Laddha a sophomore studying in BITS Pilani, India. I have experience of more than 2 years in building, integrating and testing applications for mobile and tablet devices on the Android platform. I will be working on ODK Services- Notification Project as a part of my GSoC project this summer. I would be developing a standalone Android application for field workers that would receive push notifications sent by their supervisors. The android application would communicate with ODK Service for authentication. I would also be making a desktop Java application through which supervisors can push notifications to their field workers.
I would be using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for this purpose. FCM is a cloud-based messaging solution that enables us to send messages and notifications at no cost.
The complete system would work in the following way:
- Admin would create a ‘notification group’ in the desktop application.
- Clients can be added to a group either by clicking on an invite link sent by admin (just like WhatsApp Group link) or by admin specifying their username.
- Admin would be able to send notifications to all/ selected members through Desktop application.
All above steps are explained in details in the attached document.
This is my first open source project and working in such a wonderful community really excites me. I would like to thank all my mentors for selecting me for GSoC 18 and giving me such a great opportunity.
Link to project proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y98URDEpXrMvUq0c-PimGTnW3pzHr_M3VOd2EcHd-iQ/edit?usp=sharing
Any suggestions and advice are welcomed and would be highly appreciated. Thank you.