DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANDROID OPINION POLL SYSTEM

BOATENG, Enimil Kweku

SETSOAFIA, Suzzy

SQUIRE, Alex Nii Torgbor

ALORVOR, Kwabla Theophilus

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER

SCIENCE, FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY IN

PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

JUNE, 2018

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 DECLARATION

We hereby declare that this submission is our own work towards the award of Higher

National Diploma in Computer Science and that, to the best of our knowledge, it contains

no material previously published by another person nor material which has been accepted

for the award of any other certificate of the University. The literature and citations from

other people’s work have been duly referenced and acknowledged in the text, footnotes

and bibliography.

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 DEDICATION

To Our Family, Parents, Friends, and Relatives

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise is due to God, the most gracious, and the most merciful for seeing us through

our project. The efforts that have gone into the preparation for and completion of this

project would not have been successful without the help of our noble supervisor, Noble

Arden Kuadey. We greatly appreciate the support of all family and friends for their

encouragement in finishing this project, not forgetting our able lecturers in the Department,

Faculty and the University at large.

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 ABSTRACT

Ho Technical University is a secular institution that is made up of individuals with varied

backgrounds. It is important that all these individuals exercise their franchise. Over the

years various Unions and Associations in the Institution have held meetings to deliberate

on issues, however turnout in such meetings has not been encouraging and issues are not

given the needed attention. The emergence of technology has helped in developing

various voting systems. Furthermore, the advancement in mobile technologies has given

rise to the development of mobile application. Android Opinion Polls using Internet is

one of such applications that has emerged. This system will help employees in different

locations to vote concerning issues in the organization. The system will help in

conducting opinion polls on issues. This can help in getting general opinion on issues by

individuals within the Institution.

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Table of Contents

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. iii
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... v
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... viii
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1Background of the Project ...................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Aim ........................................................................................................................................ 2
1.3.1 Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Significance of the Project ..................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Scope of the Project ............................................................................................................... 3
1.6 Limitation of the Project ........................................................................................................ 4
1.7 Organization of the Project .................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 5
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................. 5
2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 REVIEW OF RELATED WORKS .................................................................................... 5
2.1.0 Canvas Polls .................................................................................................................... 5
2.1.0 OpinionApp..................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Existing System ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Components of Existing System ..................................................................................... 9
2.2.2 Process of the System ................................................................................................... 10
2.2.3 Problems of the Existing System .................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 11
DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 11
3.1 The Proposed System........................................................................................................... 11
3.2 System Specification............................................................................................................ 11
3.3 Selection of Technologies and Tools ................................................................................... 12
3.4 Architecture of the System................................................................................................... 13
3.5 Design of the System ........................................................................................................... 14
3.5.1 Use Case Diagram......................................................................................................... 15

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 3.5.2 Flow chart diagram ....................................................................................................... 18
3.5.3 Database Design............................................................................................................ 21
CHAPTER FOUR........................................................................................................................ 22
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING .......................................................................... 22
4.1 Implementing the Design ..................................................................................................... 22
4.1.2 Programming / Coding .................................................................................................. 22
4.1.3 Main User Interfaces ..................................................................................................... 29
4.2 Testing of the New System .................................................................................................. 32
4.3 Documentation ..................................................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 33
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................... 33
5.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 33
5.2 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 33
Bibliography .................................................................................................................................. 34

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Fig 2.1 Process of the Existing System………………………………..Page 22

Fig 3.1 Incremental Model……………………………………………..Page 26

Fig 3.2 Three – tier Architecture……………………………………......Page 27

Fig 3.3 Use Case Diagram………………………………………………Page 28

Fig 3.4 Use Case Diagram………………………………………………..Page 29

Fig 3.5 Flow Chart Diagram………………………………………….…..Page 30

Fig 3.6 Flow Chart Diagram………………………………………….…..Page 31

Fig 3.7 Database Design……………………………………………..…..Page 32

Fig 4.1 Login Page…………………………………………………...…..Page 40

Fig 4.2 Registration Page…………………………….…………………..Page 41

Fig 4.3 User Activity Page……………………………..………………..Page 4

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 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1Background of the Project

Individuals from diverse backgrounds may have different perception on issues relating to

something or somebody. Voting helps in getting general opinion on issues which may lead

to better decision making. It is important to make voting easy and efficient.

Ho Technical University is a secular institution that is made up of individuals with varied

backgrounds. It is important that all these individuals exercise their franchise. Over the

years various Unions and Associations in the Institution have held meetings to deliberate

on issues, however turnout in such meetings has not been encouraging and issues are not

given the needed attention. The emergence of technology has helped in developing various

voting systems. Furthermore, the advancement in mobile technologies has given rise to the

development of mobile applications. Android Opinion Polls using Internet is one of such

applications that has emerged. This system will help employees in different locations to

vote concerning issues in the organization. The system will help in conducting opinion

polls on issues. This can help in getting general opinion on issues by individuals within the

Institution.

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1.2 Statement of the Problem

Anything manual has a problem so is the existing system of Ho Technical University.

Lectures has to end, some has to be re-scheduled giving burden to the student and then the

lecturer, when the need arise for opinions to be sort and then decisions has to be taken. The

one’s at the management level does not affect lectures but they equally affect other things

as well. If the Accountant at the account section is in a meeting there will be no one to

administer the receipt. The same way if the ICT Director is in a meeting and there is a

registration problem there will be no one to address that problem hence making things

complicated. Aside management and lecturers meeting, the lecturers also have meetings

on their own thus the unions, not to talk of associations on campus all these contributes to

lectures and activities coming to a stop. The problem of the existing system transcends to

vacation. When a staff has to rest on vacations or probably travel to see other part of the

world, it becomes difficult because he might be sort after, he might have a meeting to attend

on a certain date. Hence there is a great desire to reduce official procedure in the current

manual way of voting.

1.3 Aim

The purpose of this project is to design and develop a voting application for the Android

platform that will help Ho Technical University to vote on policies or issues concerning

them securely from anywhere in the country.

1.3.1 Objectives

The objectives of the Android Opinion Polls are;

 To create a database to store user details.

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  To create a user activity where the user can logout and also view his or her details

provided during the registration phase.

 To create a polling and then a results activity

 To allow the employees to create an account.

 To see voting results instantly.

1.4 Significance of the Project

The project will enable management of Ho Technical University to reduce cost incurred in

organizing opinion polls. Furthermore it will enable majority of staff to participate in any

opinion polls that will be organized by the Institution. In addition, it will assist management

in making better decisions concerning issues relating to staff.

1.5 Scope of the Project

It is focused on studying the existing system of getting opinions in Ho Technical University

and to make sure that the workers opinion count for fairness in the polling process. It

provides a better way of voting on policies and then making an employee’s view be

considered in an organization. It will also encourage more workers to vote since they can

do that remotely. The following are some of the modules under Android Opinion Polls.

User Module: In this module, the user who is going to give his or her vote have to register

his or her account in order to get access to the new system and also be able to view whatever

details he or she provided during the registration phase.

Allow Multiple Votes Module: The new system would allow more than one decision to be

taken at a time.

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View Polls Results Module: After employees have been able to give their opinion through

the new system, the (employees) should be able to see the results of the polls immediately

they finish voting.

1.6 Limitation of the Project

The project work will be limited to android based mobile devices. Furthermore, it will be

limited to conducting polls.

1.7 Organization of the Project

This project report has been organized under five major chapters.

Chapter 1: This chapter consists of the Background of the Project, Statement of the

Problem, Aim and Objectives of the Project, Significance of the Project, Scope of the

Project, Limitations of the Project and the Organization of the Project.

Chapter 2: This chapter discusses Existing System, Component of Existing System,

Process of the System, Problems of the Existing System. (Review of Literature)

Chapter 3: This chapter describes the design and research methodology used in the

project.

Chapter 4: This chapter describes the implementation and testing of the system. The

process or procedure adopted for implementation is discussed and how the testing was

conducted was also explained.

Chapter 5: This chapter presents the conclusion and recommendations for further studies

for this work.

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 CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 Introduction

Public opinion poll offers the electorates with information about the preferences of a voter

in an upcoming elections (Großer & Schram, 2010). Opinion polls are used by the media,

government and other institutions to determine public attitudes to a wide range of issues,

helping to shape policy proposals and inform decision making (Sparrow, 2006).

Electronic devices have been used in the academic environment to gauge students level of

understanding of the topic been presented. It has been proven that the use of electronic

devices as means of polling technology to gauge students understanding has been

responsible for some level of improvement in the performance of students. (Sun J. , 2014)

Further research by (Sun, Chen, Yeh, Cheng, & Lin, 2016) revealed that the use of instant

polling strategy in a classroom setting has helped in promoting learning performance.

2.1 REVIEW OF RELATED WORKS

2.1.0 Canvas Polls

Canvas Polls is a mobile based polling application that enables an instructor to conduct

polling in class and instantly assess student comprehension with live, in-class polling.

(Harris, 2017) You can create opinion polls with no set answer or create a poll question

that requires a correct response. You can also stop the poll at any time and show and hide

poll results with students. Students can also view and take polls available to them. Polls

are organized as current or closed; current polls are sorted as to whether or not they have

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been answered, if an instructor allows, students can also view results for a closed poll

(Canvas Doc Team, 2017).

2.1.1 Features

Account Analytics: Account admins can see the analytics for the entire account to track

and analyze what students, teachers, observers and/or designers are doing within the

account. Analytics work in conjunction with account Statistics. The account analytics is

used to make sure the students, observers and/or designers are participating in the polls. It

is also used to view how users are interacting with the polls and view the total number of

polls that students, observers and/or designers have taken.

Announcements: Announcements allow instructors to communicate with students about a

poll. Announcements are designed to allow instructors to broadcast information out to an

entire class. Students may be able to reply to an announcements. Announcements are used

to communicate with students about logistics of opinions. As soon as you have created an

announcement, Canvas takes care of notifying students according to their preferred

Notification Preferences. Announcements are used to remind students of polls ahead or

polls waiting and how necessary it is for them to complete a poll.

Profile and User Settings: This let you control your personal information in Canvas. You

can view and edit your user settings, such as display name, language preference and time

zone. Change your default email address or add an additional email address for

notifications. You can also add a text (sms) contact method for notifications. You can view

or add a profile picture and also manage new user features.

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Groups: The app allows for groups to be created. Since it’s an opinion app created for

students an instructor can group students to answer a particular poll. Instructors can view

activities going on in the groups being created. A group and a subgroup can be created and

students can be assigned automatically or manually. Group leaders can be assigned to each

group and the application allows students to sign up for their own groups. Groups can be

expanded and collapsed and also students can be moved from one group to the other.

(Canvas Doc Team, 2017).

2.1.2 Benefits

Canvas is easy to navigate, it enables instructors build polls easily and consistently. It also

gives quick, thorough and efficient feedback.

It has a calendar which reminds students of when a poll is due and then when the next poll

begins. It has intuitive interface making it easier for both instructors and students to use.

(Canvas Doc Team, 2017).

2.1.0 OpinionApp

OpinionApp is an application that connects millions of people to one of the biggest survey

platforms in the world, allowing users to answer surveys anytime, anywhere and even earn

money while doing it. It offers a branded experience filled with survey opportunities that

enables panelist to engage with the panels they are part of, getting them closer to the panel’s

brand and keeping it among the community. The app is built with both the panelist and the

panel owner in mind so that all parties can benefit from it. (Carlsson, 2017).

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2.1.1 Features

OpinionApp has features that are constantly updated and improved.

Tracking: Access + tracking is smart, adaptive software for online fieldwork that can

recognize and understand how response rates of targeted demographic groups vary over

time. It uses this information to adjust frequency and sample size to achieve perfectly

filled quotas. Access + tracking is compatible with all major data collection software. Just

program your survey, upload links and let +tracking do the work.

APIs: There are several application programming interface options to accommodate both

your buying and selling needs. Connect seamlessly to our platform from your proprietary

solutions.

Feasibility calculator: The feasibility calculator takes care of the targeted group you have

selected instead of the panel in which the panelist resides no matter how narrow or

specific you make your target group. It accurately calculate and predict the individual

response rate of each panelist. (Cint, 2017)

2.1.2 Benefits

The app was built with both the panelist and panel owner in mind so that all parties can

benefit from it. Panelists will enjoy a better user experience as they will have an overview

of all of their survey panels from one single access point, making access to surveys easier

and more engaging. Panelists will be able to improve their profiling points, resulting in

more and better matched surveys, which means more incentives for them and increased

revenue for their panel owners. For Cint panel partners, the app will be available with

zero fees and no technical skills required for the implementation. Panel owners will

benefit from a stronger presence as “Survey cards” are branded with their panel logo. The

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convenience of the app will also increase user engagement, extending panelist lifetime

and in turn produce more revenue for the panel owners. (Carlsson, 2017)

2.2 Existing System

Ho Technical University does not have an Opinion Poll system that can enable her to

determine staff and students attitudes on a broad range of issues affecting the Institution.

(Sparrow, 2006) The Institution adopts a manual system where meetings are held to shape

policy proposals and to inform University community on decisions taken.

2.2.1 Components of Existing System

The main components of the existing system are:

Staff and Students: They are the people within the University community whose opinions

influence decision making.

Business Procedures: Set of logically related tasks and behaviours that Ho Technical

University has developed over a period to produce business results.

Data: Recorded proceedings

Filing System: Organized way of storing recorded proceedings

Reports: analyzed data from the filing system

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2.2.2 Process of the System

Fig 2.1

2.2.3 Problems of the Existing System

The current system of conducting opinion polls affect productivity which results in time

loss. Furthermore the current system is prone to error, accuracy of data when verified and

compiled by people is more prone to errors as compared to a computerized system. There

is duplication of data and data inconsistency. The manual system lacks security.

Unauthorized people can gain access to the filing room.

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 CHAPTER THREE

DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 The Proposed System

The proposed system is an Opinion Poll System. It is an android based mobile application.

The system helps in seeking opinions from users. The major component that makes up the

system are as follows;

User Module: In this module, the user who is going to give his or her vote have to register

his or her account in order to get access to the new system and also be able to view whatever

details he or she provided during the registration phase.

Allow Multiple Votes Module: The new system would allow more than one decision to be

taken at a time.

View Polls Results Module: After employees have been able to give their opinion through

the new system, the (employees) should be able to see the results of the polls immediately

they finish voting.

3.2 System Specification

System specification describes what the system should do, the services that it provides and

the constraints on its operation (Sommerville I. , 2011).

3.2.1 Functional Requirements

According to (Sommerville I. , 2011), functional requirements are statements of services

the system should provide, how the system should react to particular inputs and how the

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system should behave in particular situations. The functional requirements for the Android

Opinion Poll System are:

 The system shall authenticate users

 The system shall allow employees to create an account.

 The system shall allow an authenticated user to cast a vote.

 The system shall support instant display of voting results to the user.

 The system shall allow the administrator (voting officer) to manage users and the

system.

3.2.2 Non-Functional Requirements

It is describes the metrics used in measuring the operation of a system. The non-functional

requirements for Android Opinion Polls are;

 The system should support response time for addressing severe issues in less

time like five minutes.

 The system shall provide friendly graphical user interface to ensure ease of use.

 The system shall have an encrypted backend to prevent attackers from gaining

unauthorized access.

3.3 Selection of Technologies and Tools

The following are the technologies and tools that will be used in developing the system.

 Java: A programming language that will be used in developing the system

 PHP: Web programming language that will be used for the database.

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  BlueStacks: An emulator that will be used in simulating the system.

 Notepad++: A text editor that will be used in developing the system.

 Mozilla Firefox: Browser that will be used in previewing the web version of the

system.

 Android Studio version 2.3.3: Integrated Development Environment for the

development of the system.

 MYSQL DBMS: It is a database management software that will store everything

concerning our project from user details to polling results.

 Xampp Software: It is a local server with database embedded and also takes care of

the PHP side of the project thus fetching from and inserting into the database.

3.4 Architecture of the System

Architecture is the structure and design of a system. The architecture for Android Opinion

Polls is three - tier because the app has the features of a three – tier architecture thus the

presentation, business and data layers.

Presentation layer: This layer presents the end-user with the client application which will

be on a mobile device. The client application will provide the end-user an interface which

allows the end-user to communicate and access the services.

Business logic layer: This layer contains the services that the client application will be

accessing. It typically contains the application logic and the business rules for managing

business processes.

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Data layer: This layer contains the data that is stored and accessed by the services in the

business logic layer. This layer includes relational databases and other data sources. It

stores information which could be pictures, data, and geographical information and so on.

Fig 3.1 Three – tier architecture.

3.5 Design of the System

The design methodology adopted in implementing the proposed system is an incremental

development model. An incremental model enables development of initial implementation,

allowing user feedback and evolving it through several versions until a final version of the

system has been developed. Use case diagram, activity diagram, and database design were

adopted as system designs.

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 Figure 3.2 Incremental Model (Sommerville I. , 2011).

3.5.1 Use Case Diagram

Use cases are “a description of set of sequences of actions, including variants, that a system

performs that yield an observable result of value to an actor”. They are used in order to:

design system from user’s perspective, communicate system behavior in user’s term and

enumerate all externally visible behavior. (Gitonga, 2016).

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 Fig 3.3 Use Case Diagram – User

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 Fig 3.4 Use Case Diagram – Administrator

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3.5.2 Flow chart diagram

Flow chart diagram is a relevant diagram used to describe the dynamic aspects of the

system. A flow chart represents the flow from one activity to another activity. The

activity can be described as an operation of the system. Flow chart diagrams deal with all

type of flow control by using different elements such as fork, join etc. It is used for

visualizing the dynamic nature of a system and also constructing the executable system

by using forward and reverse engineering technique

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Fig 3.5 Flow Chart Diagram – Cast Polls.

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Fig 3.6 Flow Chart Diagram – View Result.

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3.5.3 Database Design

Database design for Android Opinion Polls System.

Fig 3.7 Database Design.

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 CHAPTER FOUR

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING

4.1 Implementing the Design

The system was implemented using PHP and Java as the programming languages. MySQL

DBMS, Xampp and Blue stacks software also helped in implementing the design. The

system consists of three major modules namely:

The Login Module: This developed module enables authentication of a user. The system

authenticates the user using email and password credentials.

The Registration Module: This developed module enables a new user of the system to be

registered.

The User Profile Module: This developed module enables a user of the system to view

his/her personal details.

4.1.2 Programming / Coding

Login Module

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"

media="all" charset="utf-8">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Css/styles.css">

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Css/main.css">

<title>Login</title>

</head>

<body>

<div class="loginBox">

<h2> Login Here </h2>

<form action="" method="POST">

<p> Email </p>

<input type="text" name="e-mail" placeholder="Email" required="required">

<p> Password </p>

<input type="password" name="pass" placeholder="******" required="required">

<input type="submit" name="login" value="Login">

<a href="forgot_pass.php">Forgotten password?</a>

<div class="Rh">

<a href="register.php">Register Here!</a>

</div>

</form>

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Registration Module

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"

media="all" charset="utf-8">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Css/styles.css">

<title> Register Here </title>

</head>

<body style="background-color:#3498db;">

<div class="registerbox">

<h2 id="regist"> Register Here </h2>

<form action="" method="POST">

<p>First Name</p>

<input type="text" name="u_Fname" placeholder="Firstname" required="required">

<p>Last Name</p>

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<input type="text" name="u_Lname" placeholder="Surname" required="required">

<div class="rad">

<label>Male</label>

<input type="radio" name="u_Gender" value="Male" required="required">

<label>Female</label>

<input type="radio" name="u_Gender" value="Female" required="required">

</div>

<p>Phone</p>

<input type="text" name="u_Phone" placeholder="Begin number with +"

required="required">

<p>Email&nbsp;</p>

<input type="text" name="u_Email" placeholder="Email" required="required">

<p>Password</p>

User Profile Module

<?php

session_start();

require_once 'connection.php';

if(!isset( $_SESSION['E_mail'])){

echo "<script>window.open('login.php?logged=Login Required','_self')</script>";

else{

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"

media="all" charset="utf-8">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Css/homestyles.css">

<?php

$user = $_SESSION['E_mail'];

$get_user = "select * from userdetails where E_mail='$user'";

$run_user = mysqli_query($connect,$get_user);

$row=mysqli_fetch_array($run_user);

$user_fname = $row['Fname'];

echo "<title>Welcome $user_fname</title>";

?>

</head>

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<body>

<!--User details starts here-->

<div id="user_details">

<?php

$user = $_SESSION['E_mail'];

$get_user = "select * from userdetails where E_mail='$user'";

$run_user = mysqli_query($connect,$get_user);

$row=mysqli_fetch_array($run_user);

$user_id = $row['id'];

$user_image = $row['User_image'];

$user_fname = $row['Fname'];

$user_lname = $row['Lname'];

$user_gender = $row['G_ender'];

$user_phone = $row['P_hone'];

global $u_image;

echo "

<p><img src='../Image/$u_image/ $user_image'

width='220' height='220'/>

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<div id='instPic'>

<form action='' method='POST' enctype='multipart/form-data'>

<input type='file' name='u_image' Required='required'/>

<input type='submit' name='sub' value='Insert Picture' Required='required'/>

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4.1.3 Main User Interfaces

The main user interfaces for the system are login, registration and user profile.

Login Interface

Fig 4.1 Login Page

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Registration Interface

Fig 4.2 Registration Page

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User Profile Interface

Fig 4.3 User Profile Interface

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4.2 Testing of the New System

Testing is intended to show that a program does what it is intended to do and to discover

program defects before it is put into use (Sommerville I. , 2016). Furthermore it will ensure

that the developed software is largely without defects. Three different testing was

conducted on the Android Opinion Polls Systems. They are; Graphical User Interface

(GUI) testing, Negative testing and Unit testing.

Graphical User Interface Testing: This is the process of testing the system’s Graphical User

Interface. It involves interacting with the GUI objects such as menus and buttons. The user

interacts with the GUI objects by performing events.

Negative Testing: It is a test aimed at validating the system against invalid inputs. .

Furthermore, it aids error handling with unexpected input. It ensures that the system

effectively handles invalid or unexpected user behavior. If the user enters invalid input in

the email field, the system will prompt the user to enter a valid email address.

Unit Testing: It involves testing individual components of the system. The aim is to validate

that each of the component designed is working. The individual components of the system

were tested.

4.3 Documentation

The system was designed to be user friendly. A user manual that will guide an end user in

using the system has been developed. (Refer to the Appendices). The program was also

well commented to enable easy modification of the code in future developments.

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 CHAPTER FIVE

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Conclusion

The developed Android Opinion Polls Systems helps Ho Technical University in

conducting polls on policies or issues concerning the Institution. Furthermore, the system

will enable majority of staff and students to participate in opinion polls whiles saving loss

of time in productivity and studies.

5.2 Recommendations

This project is open for inclusion, anybody who has the desire to add more features or

change the whole concept to a full fledge mobile voting app is allowed. The following can

be considered for future enhancement of the project.

 Creating a more sophisticated voting process stage which will then include pictures

of all the aspirant.

 Adding a profile about the aspirant to give the voter a fair idea of whom to vote for.

 Validate the user’s email before logging in to the system.

 Give the user the ability to edit whatever information they provided during the

registration phase.

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