Dog Adoption Application

B.Tech-IT Semester- VIII

Prepared at

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Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications & Geo-informatics
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
Gandhinagar

Prepared By

Palak U. Amin
ID No. D14

Guided By: External Guide:

Ass. Prof. Sagar Patel Vishal Patel
Department of Information Technology Project Scientist
CSPIT, Changa. BISAG- N, Gandhinagar.

SUBMITTED TO

SMT. KUNDANBEN DINSHA PATEL DEPARTMENT OF

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology
At: Changa, Dist: Anand – 388421
April 2021
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project report compiled by Ms. Palak U. Amin student of
8th Semester B.Tech-IT from Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology,
CHARUSAT, Changa has completed her final Semester internship project
satisfactorily. To the best of our knowledge this is an original and bonafide work
done by her. She has worked on Android-based application for “Dog Adoption
Application”, starting from January 31st, 2021 to April 30th, 2021.

During her tenure at this Institute, she was found to be sincere and meticulous in
her work. We appreciate her enthusiasm & dedication towards the work assigned
to her.

We wish her every success.

Vishal Patel T. P. Singh

Director General,
Project Scientist,
BISAG- N, Gandhinagar
BISAG- N, Gandhinagar
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This is to certify that the report entitled “Dog Adoption Application” is a bonafied
work carried out by PALAK AMIN (17IT005) under the guidance and supervision
of Ass. Prof. Sagar Patel & Ms. Vishal Patel for the subject Software Project
Major (IT447) of 8th Semester of Bachelor of Technology in Information
Technology at Faculty of Technology & Engineering – CHARUSAT, Gujarat.

To the best of our knowledge and belief, this work embodies the work of candidate
herself, has duly been completed, and fulfills the requirement of the ordinance
relating to the B.Tech. Degree of the University and is up to the standard in respect
of content, presentation and language for being referred to the examiner.

Under supervision of,

Sagar Patel Ms. Vishal Patel

Assistant Professor Project Scientist
Smt. Kundanben Dinsha Patel Department BISAG, Gandhinagar
of Information Technology
CSPIT, Changa, Gujarat.

Dr. Parth Shah

Head & Associate Professor
Smt. Kundanben Dinsha Patel Department of Information
CSPIT, Changa, Gujarat.

Chandubhai S Patel Institute of Technology

At: Changa, Ta. Petlad, Dist. Anand, PIN: 388 421. Gujarat
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About BISAG- N

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Modern day planning for inclusive development
and growth calls for transparent, efficient, effective,
responsive and low cost decision making systems involving multi-disciplinary information
such that it not only encourages people's participation, ensuring equitable development but
also takes into account the sustainability of natural resources. The applications of space
technology and Geo–informatics have contributed significantly towards the socio-economic
development. Taking cognizance of the need of geo-spatial information for developmental
planning and management of resources, the department of Science and Technology,
Government of Gujarat established "Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space
Applications and Geo-informatics - N" (BISAG- N). BISAG- N is an ISO 9001:2008, ISO
27001:2005 and CMMI: 5 certified institute. BISAG- N which was initially set up to carryout
space technology applications, has evolved into a centre of excellence, where research and
innovations are combined with the requirements of users and thus acts as a value added
service provider, a technology developer and as a facilitator for providing direct benefits of
space technologies to the grass root level functions/functionaries.

BISAG- N's Enduring Growth

Since its foundation, the Institute has experienced extensive growth in the sphere of Space
technology and Geo-informatics. The objective with which BISAG- N was established is
manifested in the extent of services it renders to almost all departments of the State. Year
after year the institute has been endeavouring to increase its outreach to disseminate the use of
geo-informatics up to grassroots level. In this span of nine years, BISAG- N has assumed
multi-dimensional roles and achieved several milestones to become an integral part of the
development process of the Gujarat State.
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2003-04

BISAG- N Journey Gujarat

SATCOM
Network

2007-08
Centre for
Geo-
informatics
Applications

2010-11
Academy of
Geo-
informatics
for
Sustainable
Development

A full-fledged
2012-13 Campus
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Activities
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Applications of Geospatial Technology for Good Governance:

Institutionalization
Through the geospatial technology, the actual situation on the ground can be accessed. The
real life data collected through the technology forms the strong foundation for development of
effective social welfare programs benefiting directly the grass root level people. The
geospatial data collected by the space borne sensors along with powerful software support
through Geographic Information System (GIS), the vital spatio-temporal maps, tables, and
various statistics are being generated which feed into Decision Support System (DSS).

A multi-threaded approach is followed in the process of institutionalization of development of

such applications. The 5 common threads which run through all the processes are:
Acceptability, Adaptability, Affordability, Availability and Assimilability.
These are the “Watch Words” which any application developer has to meet. The
“acceptability” addresses the issue that the application developed has met the wide
acceptability among the users departments and the ultimate end beneficiary by way of
providing all necessary data and statistics required. The “affordability” addresses the issue of
the application product being cost effective. The “availability” aspect looks into aspect of
easily accessible across any platform, anywhere and anytime. The applications should have
inbuilt capability of easy adaptability to the changing spatio- and temporal resolutions of data,
new aspects of requirements arising from time to time from users. The assimilability aspect
ensures that the data from various sources / resolutions and technologies can be seamlessly
integrated.

ACCEPTABILITY ▪ Problem definition by users

• Proof of Concept development without

financial liability on users
▪ Execution through collaboration under user’s
ownership
ADOPTABILITY ▪ Applications as per present systems & database

▪ Maximum Automation

▪ Minimum capacity building requirement at the

user end
AFFORDABILITY : ▪ Multipurpose geo-spatial database, common,
compatible, standardized (100s of layers)

▪ In house developed/open source software

▪ Full Utilization of available assets

AVAILABILITY: ▪ Departmental /Integrated DSS

▪ Desired Product delivery anytime, anywhere

in the country
ASSIMILABILITY ▪ Integration of Various technologies like RS,
GIS, GPS, Web MIS, Mobile etc.
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Organizational Setup
The Institute is responsible for providing information and technical support to different
Departments and Organizations. The Governing Body and the Empowered Executive
Committee govern the functioning of BISAG- N. The Institute is registered under the
Societies Registration Act 1860. Considering the scope and extent of activities of BISAG- N,
its organizational structure has been charted out with defined functions.

Organizational Setup of BISAG- N

Governing Body
For smoother, easier and faster institutionalization of Remote Sensing and GIS technology,
decision makers of the state were brought together to form the Governing Body. It is the
supreme executive authority of the Institute. The Governing Body comprises of ex-officio
members from various Government departments and Institutes.

⧫ Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and Information Technology .................................................... Chairperson (Ex-Officio)

⧫ Hon’ble Minister of State Electronics and Information Technology ...............................Deputy Chairperson (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Secretary of Government of India: Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology ........................................................................................................ Executive Vice Chairperson (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Chief Executive Officer, Niti Aayog ................................................................................................. Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization ............................................................................... Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Secretary to Government of India: Department of Science and Technology ..................................... Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Additional Secretary to Government of India: Ministry of Electronics and Technology .................. Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Chief Secretary to Government of Gujarat ........................................................................................ Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ President & Chief Executive Officer, National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics
⧫ and Information Technology ............................................................................................................. Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Financial Advisor to Government of India: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…Member (Ex-Officio)
⧫ Distinguished Professionals from the GIS field-Three (3) (To be nominated by the Chairperson)
⧫ Director-General, Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Application and Geo-Informatics
{BISAG(N)} ..................................................................................................................... Member Secretary (Ex-Officio)
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Centre
for
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Applications
Introduction
The objective of this technology group is to provide decision support to the sectoral stake
holders through scientifically organized, comprehensive, multi-purpose, compatible and large
scale (village level) geo-spatial databases and supporting analytical tools. These activities of
this unit are executed by a well-trained team of multi-disciplinary scientists. The government
has provided a modern infrastructure along with the state-of-the-art hardware and software.
To study the land transformation and development over the years, a satellite digital data
library of multiple sensors of last twenty years has been established and conventional data
sets of departments have been co-registered with satellite data. The geo-spatial databases have
been created using conventional maps, high resolution satellite 2D and 3D imagery and
official datasets (attributes).The geo-spatial databases include terrain characteristics, natural
and administrative systems, agriculture, water resources, city survey maps, village maps with
survey numbers, water harvesting structures, water supply, irrigation, power,
communications, ports, land utilization pattern, infrastructure, urbanization, environment
data, forests, sanctuaries, mining areas, industries. They also include social infrastructure like
the locations of schools, health centres, institutions, aganwadies, local government
infrastructure etc. The geospatial database of nagar-palikas includes properties and amenities
captured on city and town planning maps with 1000 GIS layers. Similar work for villages has
been initiated as a pilot project.

The applications of space technology and geo-informatics have been operational in almost all
the development sectors of the state. Remote sensing and GIS applications have provided
impetus to planning and developmental activities at grass root level as well as monitoring and
management in various disciplines.

The GIS based Applications Development

The GIS software is a powerful tool to handle, manipulate and integrate both the spatial and
non-spatial data. The GIS system operates on the powerful backend data base and Sequential
Query Language (SQL) to inquiry the data bases. It has the capability to handle large volume
of data and process to yield values of parameters which can be input to very important
government activity as Decision Support System (DSS). Its mapping capabilities help the
users and specialists in generating single and multi-theme wise maps.

The GIS based applications development has been institutionalized in BISAG- N. This
process can be listed as (Refer Figure for Details)
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▪ Making the users aware of the GIS capabilities through introductory training
programme and by exposing to already developed projects as success stories.
▪ Helping the users in defining the GIS based projects.
▪ Digitizing the data available with the users and encouraging them to collect any
additional data as may be required.
▪ Generating the appropriate data bases with the full involvement of the users following
the data bases standards

Remote Sensing and GIS Sectoral Applications:

Geo-informatics based Irrigation Management and Monitoring System

▪ The Geo-spatial information system for Irrigation water

Management and Monitoring system for command areas
in Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL) has
been developed. Satellite image-based Irrigation
monitoring system has been developed in GIS. From the
multi-spectral Satellite images of every month, the
irrigated areas were extracted.
▪ The irrigated area were overlaid on the geo-referenced
cadastral maps and the statistics of area irrigated has been
estimated.
▪ The user friendly Customized Decision Support System (DSS) has been developed.
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Preparation of DPR of Par–Tapi-Narmada Link using Geo-informatics for National

Water development Agency (NWDA)

▪ The main objective of Par–Tapi-Narmada Link project is

to divert surplus water available in west flowing rivers of
south Gujarat and Maharashtra for utilization in the
drought prone Saurashtra and Kachcha. On the request
from NDWA, preparation of various maps for proposed
DPR work was undertaken by the BISAG- N. Land use
and submergence maps of proposed dams along with its
statistics have been prepared by the BISAG- N. The
detailed work consisted of generation of Digital Elevation
Model (DEM), contour generation, Land use mapping,
forest area generation of submergence extent at different levels etc.

Agriculture

District and Village-level Crop Inventory

▪ Remote Sensing (RS) based Village-level Crop
Acreage Estimation at was taken up in two villages of
Anand and Mehsana districts of Gujarat state. The
major objective of this study was to attempt village-
level crop inventory during two crop seasons of Kharif
(monsoon season) and Rabi (winter season) using
single-date Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) LISS-III and
LISS-IV digital data of maximum vegetative growth
stage of major crops during each season.
▪ District-level crop acreage estimation during three
cropping seasons namely Kharif, Rabi and Zaid (summer) seasons was also carried out in
all the 26-districts of Gujarat State. Summer crop acreage estimation Gujarat State was
carried out during 2012.

Spatial Variability Mapping of Soil Micro-Nutrients

▪ The spatial variability of soil micro-nutrients like Fe, Mn,

Zn and Cu in various villages of different districts, Gujarat
state was mapped using geo-informatics technology. The
major objectives of this study were i) to quantify the
variability of Mn, Fe, Cu and Zn concentration in soil; ii) to
map the pattern of micro-nutrient variability in cadastral
maps, iii) suggest proper application of micro-nutrients
based on status of deficiency for proper crop management
and iv) preparation of village-level atlases showing spatial variability of micro-nutrients.
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Geo-spatial Information System for Coastal Districts of Gujarat

• The project on development of Village-level Geo-

spatial Information System for Shrimp Farms in
Coastal Districts of Gujarat, was taken with major
objective of development of Village-level Geo-spatial
Information System for Shrimp/Scampi areas using
Remote Sensing (RS) and GIS. This project was
sponsored by the Marine Products Export Development
Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, Government of India for scientific
management of Scampi farms in the coastal districts which can help fishermen to better
their livelihood and increase the economic condition on sustainable basis. The
customized query shell was developed using the open source software for sharing the
information amongst the officers from MPEDA and potential users. This has helped the
farmers to plan their processing and marketing operations so as to achieve better
remunerations.

Environment and Forest

Mapping and Monitoring of Mangroves in the Coastal

Districts of Gujarat State
• Gujarat Ecology Commission, with technical inputs from
the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space
Applications and Geo-informatics - N (BISAG- N) made
an attempt to publish Mangrove Atlas of the Gujarat state.
Mangrove atlas for 13-coastal districts with 35-coastal
talukas in Gujarat, have been prepared using Indian
Remote sensing satellite images. The comparison of
mangrove area estimates carried out by BISAG- N and
Forest Survey of India (FSI) indicates a net increase in the area under mangrove cover.
The present assessment by BISAG- N, has recorded 996.3 sq. km under mangrove cover,
showing a steep rise to the tune of 88.03 sq. km. In addition to the existing Mangrove
cover, the present assessment also gives the availability of potential area of 1153 sq. km,
where mangrove regeneration program can be taken up.
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Academy
of
Geo-informatics
for
Sustainable
Development
Introduction

• Considering the requirement of high end research

and development in the areas having relevance of
geo-informatics technology for sustainable
development, a separate infrastructure has been
established. In collaboration with different institutes
in the state as well as in the country, R&D activities
are being carried out in the areas of climate change,
environment, disaster management, natural
resources management, infrastructure development,
resources planning, coastal hazard and coastal zone
management studies, etc. under the guidance of
eminent scientists.

• Various innovative methodologies/models

developed in this academy through the research
process have helped in development of various
applications. There are plans to enhance R&D
activities manifold during coming years.
• This unit also provides training to more than 600
students every year in the field of Geo-informatics
to the students from various backgrounds like water
resources, urban planning, computer Engineering,
IT, Agriculture in the areas of Remote sensing, GIS
and their applications.

• This Academy has been established as a separate infrastructure for advanced research
and development through following schools:
▪ School of Geo-informatics
▪ School of Climate & Environment
▪ School of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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▪ School of Sustainable Development Studies

▪ School of Natural Resources and Bio-diversity
▪ School of Information Management of Disasters
▪ School of Communication and Society

During XIIth Five year Plan advance applied research through above schools shall be the
main thrust area. Already M. Tech and Ph.D. students of other Universities/ Institutes are
doing research in this academy in applied sciences under various collaborative programmes.

M. Tech. Students' Research Programme

The academy started M. Tech. students' research programme in a systematic way. It admitted
11 students from various colleges and universities in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
for period of 10 months from August 2011 to May 2012. All the students were paid stipend of
Rs. 6000 per month during the tenure. The research covered the following areas:
▪ Cloud computing techniques
▪ Mobile communication
▪ Design of embedded systems
▪ Aquifer modelling
▪ Agricultural and Soils Remote Sensing
▪ Digital Image processing Techniques (Data Fusion and Image Classification).

The research resulted in various dissertations and publications in national and international
journals.

• Now nine students, one from IIT, Kharagpur, three from GTU, one from M. S University,
Vadodara and four from GU, are undergoing their Ph. D programme. Out of nine, two thesis
have been submitted. Two students are from abroad. One each from Vietnam and Yemen.
Since then (after approval of research programme from the Governing Body), 200+ papers
have been published by the Academy.
 CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION

I declare that 8th semester internship project report entitled

“Dog Adoption Application” is my own work conducted under
the supervision of the external guide Vishal Patel from BISAG-
N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications &
Geo-informatics). I further declare that to the best of my
knowledge the report for this project does not contain any part of
the work which has been submitted previously for such project
either in this or any other institutions without proper citation.

Candidate’s Signature
Palak Amin
Student ID: D14

Submitted To:
CHARUSAT UNIVERSITY,
SMT. KUNDANBEN DINSHA PATEL DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY,
Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology (CSPIT), Changa, Gujarat.
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I am grateful to T.P. Singh, Director (BISAG-N) for giving me this

opportunity to work the guidance of renowned people of the field of MIS Based Portal
also providing me with the required resources in the company.

I would like to express my endless thanks to my external guide Ms. Vishal

Patel, And Admin Staff Mr. Sidhdharth Patel at Bhaskaracharya National Institute
of Space Application and Geo-informatics for their sincere and dedicated guidance
throughout the project development.

Also, my hearty gratitude to our Head of Department, Dr. Parth Shah and my
internal guide Ass. Prof. Sagar Patel for giving me encouragement and technical
support on the project.

Palak Amin
Student ID: D14
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ABSTRACT

Dog Adoption application, as its name suggests, is an application for adoption of dogs, where users can put post
about dogs containing various details such as age, breed, vaccination status, behaviour and so on. The dogs can
be new babies or even be up for re-adoption due to any reason. People looking to adopt can go online and look
for the possible adoption candidates and can contact the poster for the adoption of the same.
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CONTENTS
Chapter Description Page
No. No.
1 Introduction 1-3
1.1 Project Overview
1.2 Scope
1.3 Motivation
1.4 Problem definition
1.5 Tools and Technology
1.5.1 Android Studio
1.5.2 JAVA
1.5.3 Firebase Database
2 Project Management 4-8
2.1 Project Planning
2.1.1 Project development approach and Justification
2.2 Object Work Scheduling
3 System Requirement Study 9-10
3.1 User characteristics
3.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
3.5.1 Software Requirement
3.5.2 Hardware Requirement
3.3 Assumption and constraints
4 System Analysis 11-13
4.1 Study of existing solution
4.2 Limitation of existing solution
4.3 Requirements of proposed system
4.3.1 Functional Requirement
4.3.2 Non-functional Requirement
4.4 System Workflow
4.4.1 Work Flow
4.5 Major Characteristics
5 System Design 14-21
5.1 Database Schema Design
5.2 Data Dictionary
5.3 Screen Layout
6 System Implementation and Testing 22-24
6.1 Coding Standards
6.2 Testing Methods
6.3 Test Suites Design
6.3.1 Unit Testing
6.3.2 Integration Testing
6.3.3 System Testing
6.3.4 Acceptance Testing
6.4 Test Cases
7 Future Enhancement 25
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8 Conclusion 26
8.1 Self-Analysis of Project Viabilities
8.2 Problem Encountered and Their Solutions
8.3 Summary of Project Work
9 References 27
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TABLE OF FIGURES
Fig: 2.1 Project Planning...................................................................................................... 4
Fig 2.2 Agile Model. ............................................................................................................ 6
Fig. 2.3 Work scheduling part 1........................................................................................... 7
Fig. 2.4 Work scheduling part 2........................................................................................... 8
Fig. 2.5 Gantt chart. ............................................................................................................. 8
Fig. 3.1 User Interaction. ..................................................................................................... 9
Fig. 4.1 Work Flow Diagram. ............................................................................................ 12
Fig. 4.2 Characteristic Chart. ............................................................................................. 13
Fig. 5.1 Database Schema .................................................................................................. 14
Fig. 5.2 Login Screen. ........................................................................................................ 16
Fig. 5.3 Home Page ............................................................................................................ 17
Fig. 5.4 View Post Page ..................................................................................................... 18
Fig. 5.5 Create Post Page ................................................................................................... 19
Fig 5.6 Apply for Post ........................................................................................................ 20
Fig. 5.7 Application Form View ........................................................................................ 21

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.1 Tools and Technology used. ................................................................................ 2
Table 5.1 Data Dictionary Table. ....................................................................................... 15
Table 6.1 Test cases results. ............................................................................................... 24
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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW

Adopt Me is an android application made for adoption of dogs specifically, it can be stray
dogs, or any dog for readoption or even for first time breed dog adoption. Users can post a
picture of the dog using their camera or through their phone gallery, they need to give basic
information of the dog like age of age, breed of the dog, reasons of giving the dog for
adoption, nature of the dog, meaning if the dog is friendly with other dogs or it’s behaviour
towards humans, etc., vaccination status of the dog, medical condition of the dog, like if it
has any type of deformity or any other medical history of parvo, or distemper or any of
such major disease, if the dog has anxiety issues, and any of such basic information about
the dog that a eligible pet parent should know before adopting a dog. Once the post is
created, other users of the application can view it, if they the picture of the dog they can tap
on the picture and view details about the dog. They have to fill out an application form that
is created with the help of an adoption worker at Jivdaya Cheritable Trust, Ahmedabad.
The form contains various questions like the number of family members, taking care
abilities, handling a dog in the past if any, vet contacts if required, information about
various common diseases and vaccinations, and other few questions to understand whether
the applicant is fully aware of the situations he/she might get himself into after adopting a
dog, and whether he/she is ready for it or not. The whole questionnaire contains around 20
carefully chosen and consulted questions that covers everything that is necessary. Every
user can see in their account the applications for the post they have made. If they like the
applicant they can directly contact them through the mail id. For authentication, I have used
firebase authentication (Firebase Auth), and for its implementation I used Firebase UI. The
post and application data is stored in firebase database as well.

1.2 SCOPE
The user can post pictures of dogs in their locality, add a few details like age, gender, breed,
nature, vaccination status, etc. The users looking to adopt can go through the posts and fill
an application form with basic questions that generally NGOs ask while adoption. If the
poster is convinced by the application form, they can contact directly using the contact info
provided in the app.

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1.2 MOTIVATION
In India alone, there are more than 35 million street dogs which is highest in the entire
world. These dogs are responsible for around 20000 human rabies death in India every year.
There are so many new outbreaks of diseases in stray dogs because of overpopulation and
poor living condition. This is a big problem. With the growing industrialization, and
colonization, there is no place left for the strays to take shelter. The other side of the story
is worse, street dogs have to be dependent on various NGOs and people every day for their
food which isn’t always the most reliable way and thus they have to sleep hungry on
occasions. They have to struggle for what is considered to be the most basic requirement
of any living species, a shelter and food. On top of that statistics say over 6,000,000 dogs
killed on roads in 2020 (with a lockdown situation when vehicles are less, think of the time
when people are fearlessly and recklessly racing around). Over 100 dogs euthanized in
shelters every month. With a 10 million pet population in our country half of them end up
abandoned by their pet parents due to old age, or disability, or medical condition or they
simply can’t afford the money or time a dog’s needs. Recent events due to covid–19
pandemic has shed light on the fact that within a month, I found around 40 abandoned dogs
in a locality of around 5-6 kms, now consider the numbers for entire area, or even entire
city. Due to these reasons and many more, it is necessary to take care of these poor souls.
Our PM it also appealing the citizens to adopt Indian “desi” breed as a part of the go
domestic movement, that had led on a very healthy increase in the number of street dog
adopters in India. People are now looking to adopt Indian dogs rather than dogs of foreign
breed, and our application will help them in the same. Currently the situation is, sharing
photos and videos on social media, someone reshares it and then this whole resharing forms
a big chain. The person who actually wants to adopt and the poster, get into much more
miscommunication and confusion then needed for a basic adopting procedure.

1.3 PROBLEM DEFINITION

People who are looking to adopt, or give a dog for adoption, and they want to avoid all the
miscommunication and confusion in the conventional social media method, can use the
Adopt Me application. They can very easily post a picture, fill out details and put up a dog
for adoption. For adopting they just need to fill out an application form and wait for the
response. It makes a chaotic process very easy for both adopter and poster.

1.4 TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY

Table 1.1 Tools and Technology used.

TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

Android Studio Android App Development Platform using Java

Firebase database Cloud Hosted Database

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1.4.1 Android studio

Android studio is the official IDE for developing android applications. It is java integrated
development environment, based on the IntelliJ IDEA. In order to support development of
application it uses a gradle-based system, emulator, code templates and GitHub integration.
It has structures modules of code which allows developer to divide their project into various
units of functionality which can be independently tested, built and debugged.
Every project in Android studio will mainly contain one or more modules which will have
resource files and source files. The different types of modules would be Android app
modules, Library modules and google App Engine modules. It has an Instant Push feature
which will push the code, enabling resource to change into a running application. The Apps
built in android studio are compiled in APK format and then can sent to Google Play store.

1.4.2 JAVA
Java is a programming language, which is the official language for Android development.
It is an easy-to-use language and has open libraries that are easily accessible to users. Java
is a technology that provides better documentation and community support. With Java,
developers can build any mobile app

1.4.3 Firebase database

The Firebase Realtime data domain is a cloud-based database. The data is stored as JSON
and synced in real time to all connected clients. When the user creates cross-platform apps
with iOS, Android, and JavaScript SDKs, all of its clients are able to share one instance of
the Database and automatically receive updates with brand new data. The Firebase
Realtime data source can be accessed directly from a mobile phone or web browser; no
need for an app server. Data security and authentication are provided by Firebase Realtime
database security rules, the rules based on the speech that takes place when reading or
writing data.

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2.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

2.1 PROJECT PLANNING

Fig: 2.1 Project Planning.

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The above diagram indicates the flow via step wise procedure as below: -
P1 → Designing UI of Login and Sign-Up page for users
Description: It is the first page which user will be directed to on opening the application. It
will contain 3 methods for login/signup, using email/password, using facebook account and
using google account.

P2 → User Authentication
Description: During logging in, I have used Firebase UI for Firebase Auth, for the user’s
account verification and authentication.

P3 → Designing UI for Home Page

Description: After login, the user is forwarded to the home page where all the posts are
visible, it had a grid of pictures which is redirected in the post view module. The home page
consists of two buttons at the bottom having options for creating post and viewing
applications for posts already created.

P4 → Designing UI for Create Post page

Description: The create post page has options of uploading pictures and filling out a few
details about the post.

P5 → Designing UI for View Post page

Description: The posts can be views in detail by clicking on the picture on home page. The
bottom bar contains a button for filling out application for the adoption of the dog.

P6 → Designing UI for Application Form Viewing

Description: User can view applications on their post from home page. The list consists of
pictures of dog, name of applicant, and name of dog. By clicking on the title, user can view
the answers of all the questions in the application and the email id/facebook user id of the
applicant for further communication.

P7 → Final UI design completion

Description: Giving final edits to all the pages of the application and making them as user
interactive and catchy as possible for better user experience.

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2.1.1 Project development approach and Justification.

Agile development model

In Agile development model the entire software is developed in rapid, incremental cycle.
It relies on continuous development and testing of the project through the course of project
software development. It is a type of Incremental model.

Phases of Agile Model:

• Requirements gathering- In this phase all the requirements of projects and the
amount of time and effort the project is going to require are decided. Upon these
requirements the feasibility of the project and its economic cost are evaluated.
• Design the requirements: Once the project has been identified, requirements are
defined with the help of stakeholders.
• Construction/Iteration- Once the requirements are decided, the work on project
begins. Team of developers and designers will begin working on their project,
aiming to deploy a working product. The product undergoes different stages of
improvement, in order to include simple and minimal functionality.
• Testing- In this phase the product is tested by Quality Assurance Team and the
entire product is examined thoroughly.
• Deployment- At this stage, the team releases the product of the user's workplace.
• Feedback-In this phase the feedback on the product is received and accordingly
changes are made into the product by the team.

Fig 2.2 Agile Model.

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This model enables clients to evaluate and work with an effective product at the end of each
iterations and it also provides feedback at each step. It thereby opens the scope for working
on the changes more conveniently and all the required adjustments can also be made easily.
In this model, at each iteration, new developments and releases have been made in the
product.

Advantages of Agile Methodology:

• The customers are satisfied is attained because of by rapid, continuous delivery of
the software.
• Constant interaction between customers, developers and testers
• At any stage customer is able to make changes, and monitor product’s performance,
hence their expectations are fulfilled.
• In this method continuous attention is given to product design and excellence
• If any changes are required in the intermediate stages, then those can be achieved
as well.

Why have I selected Agile model?

With agile model, changes can be made very quickly and with no hassle. I chose agile
model because in the beginning of the developing stages very few features of my app were
defined. As the app progressed further, I added new features at every successive iteration.
Initially the goal of the project was just to provide information of the dogs up for adoption.
However, as I progressed through the app and decided to add in a feature of application
form and actually creating a contact between the adopter and the poster. At every iteration
I tested and evaluated the apps performance with every new implementation.

2.2 OBJECT WORK SCHEDULING

Fig. 2.3 Work scheduling part 1.

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Fig. 2.4 Work scheduling part 2.

Fig. 2.5 Gantt chart.

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PROJECT ID: D14 3.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS STUDY

3.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS STUDY

3.1 USER CHARACTERISTICS

This app is intended to be majorly used by two types of users, first the people who want to
put up the dog for adoption (poster) and other the people looking to adopt a dog (adopter).
The poster can post the picture, view the picture, and view application form filler by the
adopter.

Fig. 3.1 User Interaction.

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3.2 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

3.2.1 Software Requirement:
• Platform-Android
• Integration tool-firebase database
• Development tool-android studio

3.2.2 Hardware Requirement

• Android Phone 4.0 or above
• 128MB RAM
• 40Mb required space

3.3 ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS

Following are the assumptions taken while documenting the report:
• The coding is error free
• The user should have good internet connection to run the app.
• All the software and hardware requirements are met.

Following are the dependencies:

• The application is dependent only on working on android.

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4.0 SYSTEM ANALYSIS

4.1 STUDY OF EXISTING SOLUTION
A few applications in India namely, pet adoption, pets adoption, dogs adoption, let’s adopt,
and pet ad.

4.2 LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING SOLUTION

There are a few limitations like in pet ad, people can buy or sell animals, it is an application
for basically backyard breeding. the other applications are owned by NGOs and are
governed by them only. this means that they post pictures of dogs available at their shelter
only, it is not for all the stray dogs. I wanted to create a platform where anybody can post
picture of any dog not necessarily a breed or a shelter dog, everyone has access to the
functionality.

4.3 REQUIREMENTS OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

4.3.1 Functional requirement
• User can easily register him/herself with necessary details.
• User can even sign in using google sign in feature.
• User can even sign in using facebook sign in feature.
• User can even sign in using email/password sign in feature.
• User can view pictures of dogs up for adoption.
• User can read the details of the dogs.
• User is able to fill out an application form if he/she is interested in adopting.
• Poster can view applications.
• Poster can contact the adopter directly for any further questions.

4.3.2 Non-functional Requirements

• Usability - User interface of the application must be easy to use and effective.
Mostly people above 12 can use this application.
• Reliability - All possible errors should get handled during the development phase
of the application. After that if error occurs user should be acknowledged of the
error with meaningful message.
• Availability - For all users cost is free and android version 7.0+ required'
• Serviceability - Set of features that support the ease and speed with which corrective
or preventive maintenance can be conducted on a system
• Portability - Ability to obtain and reuse data across different services'
• Security - User's data must be secured and no one should be able to get hands on
user's data.
• Maintainability - When a dog is adopted, all the applicants will be notified so as not
to wait to hear from the poster.

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4.4 SYSTEM WORKFLOW

4.4.1 Work flow
To use Adopt Me application, it is just like a normal mobile application. Firstly, user have
to register him/herself or login directly using google, facebook or email/password method.
It leads to home page with all the posts. The user can view the details of the dog by clicking
on any picture and further fill out application form if interested. To create a post, user has
to post a picture and give information about the dog. The poster can view the application
form filled out by other users and contact them directly if the application seems appealing
enough, for any further questions.

Fig. 4.1 Work Flow Diagram.

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4.5 MAJOR CHARATERISTICS

Fig. 4.2 Characteristic Chart.

• Login/Sign up – User can login or signup to their facebook or google account or

simply use the conventional email/password method.

• Home Page – Home page consists of the grid of pictures posted by other users of
himself/herself. He/She can further click on the pictures to view further details
about the dogs.

• Application form- The app provides application form for all the interested adopters
for the given post with basic questions formed by collaboration with NGO adopt
worker. The poster can view the application form and decide if the applicant is
worthy or not.

• Contact – If the poster likes an applicant he/she can directly contact the applicant
for any further questions or discussion or any other decision making.

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5.0 SYSTEM DESIGN

5.1 DATABASE SCHEMA DESIGN

Fig. 5.1 Database Schema.

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5.2 DATA DICTIONARY

Table 5.1 Data Dictionary Table.

Field Name Data type Field length Constraint Description

Email Email 30 Not null User email
address
id Varchar 25 Primary Key User id: Auto
generated
User Name Varchar 30 Not null Name to be
displayed
Age Number 2 Not null Dog age
Breed Varchar 20 Not null Dog breed
Current living Varchar 20 Not null Current living
situation of
dog
Location Varchar 20 Not null Dog’s
adoption loc.
Vaccination Varchar 30 Not null Vaccination
Status
Medical Varchar 300 Not null Medical
Condition Condition of
dog
Nature Varchar2 300 Not null Nature of dog
Reason Varchar 500 Not null Reason dog is
for adoption

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5.3 SCREEN LAYOUT

Fig. 5.2 Login Screen.

Here, I have used the Firebase UI for having authentication using email/password, google
account and Facebook account. I have used firebase auth for authentication.

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Fig. 5.3 Home Page.

The home page consists of grid of pictures as posts, when a user clicks on the picture, the
user is directed to a view post page where he/she can see details regarding a particular post.
At the bottom there are two buttons create post, for generating a new post, and application,
for viewing the application forms filled on user’s own post.

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Fig. 5.4 View Post Page.

The view post page, as discussed earlier, consists of the details that the user has provided
while creating a post for any particular dog. The viewer can click on the apply button below
to fill out the application form if he/she likes the dog.

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Fig. 5.5 Create Post Page.

The user can click on the dog icon on the create post page to upload a picture from gallery
or click a picture, he/she can fill out the edit texts provided and can easily create a post.

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Fig 5.6 Apply for post.

The users after pressing the apply button at the bottom of the view post section, are
prompted to fill out an application form carefully designed with all the questions asked by
an NGO before giving up a dog for adoption. User has to submit this form and wait to hear
back from the poster.

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Fig. 5.7 Application form view.

In the applications section, the user can view the details of the interested people for a
particular dog, and the answers to their application questions. They can decide on its basis
whether they want further communication or not.

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PROJECT ID: D14 6.0 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING

6.0 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING

6.1 CODING STANDARDS

For Java language used in android studio
• Don’t ignore exceptions
• Don’t catch generic exception
• Use spaces for indentation
• Use standard brace style

6.2 TESTING METHODS

Testing methods provide strategies or approach which needs to be used to test an
application. These are used to evaluate product’s performance and behavior. It
encompasses testing for the entire product from front to back-end testing, which also
includes unit and system testing. Test plans are used to understand test strategy, objectives
and estimation which are required for performing software testing. To create test plans
following process needs to be performed.
Create test plans
• Analyze and review product
• Create a test strategy
• Outline test objectives
• Plan Test environment
• Test deliverables

Item to be tested:
• Android app

Features to be tested:
• Verify the device compatibility
• Verify Application crash
• Verify getting news data in application from the firebase
• Verify user authentication
• Verify user is getting news as user’s preference
• Verify user can share news
• Verify user can comment on news
• Verify user can bookmark news

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6.3 TEST SUITES DESIGN

The development process will repeat the sub processes of testing until it finds an adequate
result.
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• system testing
• Acceptance testing

6.3.1 Unit testing

Mostly executed by developers, unit testing involves testing of individual components of
the software at coding level and ensuring that those components are working efficiently for
the purpose they are designed.
6.3.2 Integration Testing
This testing methodology ensures that each interaction among different software
components is smooth and error free.
6.3.3 System testing
A black box testing method, system testing tests the entire system and looks for errors and
bugs. It evaluates the integrated system as a whole and verifies if all the specific
requirements for the product are met.
6.3.4 Acceptance testing
Being the final phase for testing, Acceptance testing evaluates the final piece of software
where in it checks if the product meets the business requirement of the client and fulfils
end-user needs.
Testing of software needs to be accomplished in an orderly manner where in every module
of the software is tested intricately. We have carried out both Unit Testing and System
Testing in order to identify errors and fixing all the bugs.

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6.4 TEST CASES

Table 6.1 Test cases results.

Test Cases Expected Actual Result Component Priority Status

Result
Verify the device App should run Successfully Functional Critical PASS
compatibility on major working on
android 7.0+ Android
version device devices
Verify Application Application is Functional Major PASS
Application crash should not not crashing in
crash in any any way
circumstances
Verify getting dog Getting all the Application is Functional Critical PASS
data in the data from the getting all the
application from database details from the
the firebase database
Verify User should be User is Functional Major PASS
authentication of authenticated authenticated
user when signed in
Verify user is User should get User is getting Functional Major PASS
getting applications applications on
applications filled filled by his/her post
applicants

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7.0 FUTURE ENHANCEMENT

• I have planned to include reviews of the dogs adopted through my application in

form of short-lasting stories.
• Filters on locations of the posts, gender, age, or any other information.
• Using analytics of firebase to authenticate a picture uploaded.
• Planning to make this a common platform for all the animal activists, for
donations, fostering, etc.
• Creating the same functionality for IOS.
• Providing information regarding dog care, the basic of “to do” and “not to do” list.
• Providing basic news regarding dog adoption or stray matters.

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8.0 CONCLUSION
The developed application will be able to provide information on dogs to be put up for
adopted and any adopter can apply or post with no administrative interference. The posts
consist of all the information an adopter needs to know before selecting their furry buddy
and the application form consists of a 20 questions questionnaire every NGO asks before
giving up the dog.

8.1 SELF-ANALYSIS OF PROJECT VIABILITIES

The Adopt Me app has been developed by keeping the final user in mind. I have tried to let
the user customise as much as I can when it comes to providing information on any dog. I
haven’t been able to successfully implement the app administrator part, but I will be
working on that. By implementing the application form our users communication has gotten
much more clear and direct, the non- interference of any other party helps avoid the
confusion.

8.2 PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

The problems faced were not major ones with this application, some were with the
pictures, the orientation of the pictures was locked to landscape even after editing a few
times.
There was an issue with the text color, some text was visible in dark mode and some not
and vice versa with the light mode.
It was my first time working with camera and gallery access, so faced some difficulties
there.
Facebook authentication in firebase auth using firebase UI was new to me too.

8.3 SUMMARY OF PROJECT WORK

Implementing the project provided us with a wonderful opportunity to learn various
technical and soft skills. It provided me with an opportunity to work for BISAG to
implement this project which was a very valuable learning experience. Working alone
forced me to learn various time management related things for the implementation to be
smooth and easy. It also gave me an opportunity to learn from our mentors in the collage,
Mr. Sagar Patel and Dr. Parth Shah, and BISAG, Mrs. Vishal Patel and Mr. Sidhharth
Patel. At the end of it I am pleased to have developed such a project using all the
technologies I have had and will look forward to keep working on it. Moreover creating a
project that will help various voiceless souls is satisfactory.

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REFERENCES
1. Android Studio -
https://developer.android.com/studio?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrd
EN8WlITkqU52OEwldBvhGcDsRL_iSaK5Q3_yQbADCmrf4HuRogd4aAru5EA
Lw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
2. Firebase Authentication - https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth
3. Facebook Authentication – https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/web/facebook-
login
4. Firebase UI - https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/web/firebaseui
5. Firebase Realtime Database - https://firebase.google.com/docs/database
6. Image uploading - https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/android-how-to-upload-an-
image-on-firebase-storage/
7. Material Design - https://material.io/develop/android

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