AN ANDROID APP FOR THE SAFETY OF WOMEN

ANANDROID APP FOR THE SAFETY OF WOMEN

Abstract: In today’s world, people using smart phones have increased rapidly and hence, a smart phone can be used efficiently for personal security or various other protection purposes. The heinous incident that outraged the entire nation have waken us to go for the safety issues and so a host of new apps have been developed to provide security systems to women via their phones. This paper presents Abhaya, an Android Application for the Safety of Women and this app can be activated this app by a single click, whenever need arises. A single click on this app identifies the location of place through GPS and sends a message comprising this location URL to the registered contacts and also call on the first registered contact to help the one in dangerous situations. The unique feature of this application is to send the message to the registered contacts continuously for every five minutes until the “stop” button in the application is clicked. Continuous location tracking information via SMS helps to find the location of the victim quickly and can be rescued safely. https://codeshoppy.com/shop/product/women-security-app/ Keywords – Android; GPS; URL; Registered Contacts

INTRODUCTION 

Women are accomplished at mobilizing diverse groups for frequent causes. They often work across racial, sacred, opinionated, and intellectual divides to encourage tranquillity. We are aware of importance of women's security, but we must recognize that they should be well secured. A Woman is not much powerful when compared to men physically, in a crisis situation and needs a helping hand to relieve them. The best way to minimize chances in becoming a victim of violent crime (robbery, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence) is to identify and call on resources to help you out of unsafe situations. Whether you are in instant trouble or got separated from friends during night and do not know how to get home, having these apps on your phone can diminish your risk and bring assistance when you require it.In the light of recent outrage in Delhi which shook the nation and woke us to the safety issues for our daughters, public are gearing upbeat in different ways to fight back. A swarm of new apps have been developed to provide security systems to women on their phones. Here, we introduce an android app that ensures the safety of women. It reduces the risk and helps us in need by identifying the location of person who is in danger. The key features of our app that makes it different from other apps designed till now are as follows: 1)Initially, we have to enter the four contact numbers of police, family members and friends in to the application say and click on “save” button. 2)While travelling, run the application and whenever need arises, click “start” button. 3)As soon as “start” button pressed, it firsts make a call to the first saved registered contact number and also sends the message containing location URL of the victim to all the contact numbers. 4)Unique feature of this app is message with location URL is sent continuously to the registered contact numbers for every five minutes until “stop” button is clicked. So, continuous location tracking of victim is possible with this application. Android is the most widely used mobile OS motorised by Linux kernel. This is the first complimentary platform which is robust and is expected to gain much popularity. It was developed by Google team and allows writing managed code in the Java language. The current system is developed on the basis of android platform. Android utilizes a custom virtual machine that was designed to optimize memory and hardware resources in a smart phone. Android does not differentiate between the phone’s core applications and third-party applications. Any application that is built will definitely have equal access to a phone’s capabilities providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services A.Existing Systems As a part of literature survey, we investigated some applications that offer the same or similar services for android and other platforms. [1] The aim is to see how these applications work and to see how they can be improved. Today the cases of atrocities on women are growing. In these types of cases, a smart phone plays an important role for safety of women. Now android is budding on some apps for women security purpose.