BoileReturn

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Upon arriving at the Hackathon location after the Opening Ceremony, one of the staff had announced that someone lost their water bottle. This inspired our team to consider a digital lost and found solution.

BoileReturn is an application developed on Android Studio and VS Code platform that connects students who have lost or found items on campus.

Key features:

• Displays popular searches, which are the locations on campus where most students lose items
• Upload images of lost items as part of the Report Form
• List of lost items
• Involves SQL database and queries, Java code and XML code
• Has a Purdue specific colour palette

Technical information: SQL database - Executes queries and returns information. Java backend - Manipulates the database using queries to pull information and showcases information to the user. XML frontend - User uses the interface to upload image of lost item / find an item.

Initially, we planned to develop a lost and found website. However, after we were partially done, we realised that most Purdue students would use their phones instead of their laptops as it was convenient for them. This caused us to pivot and choose to develop a mobile application instead. Furthermore, we ran into issues while attempting to develop our app using Xcode.

We are proud of learning how to develop an app interface using XML and applying our prior knowledge of Java into an app that solves a real world problem within our community. We also expanded our skillset in SQL databases and querying.

In the future, we plan to have lost and found bins around campus to put the items in, showcase on the app where the item has been left, and the directions on how to travel to the place to get it back and lastly, add more locations (such as the West Lafayette campus) to the app.

Built With

• java
• sql
• xml