LearnThings is an app that is meant to serve as a passive flashcard study app. The flashcards will be presented in notifications.
Initially, the app will be targeted to highschool kids studying for the SAT, with plans for general trivia, specific topics, and self-created flash cards.
The settings actity is the place where users can decide how frequently they want notifications to appear. This area is where I am left with the most questions. Currently there are three implemented methods for chosing the frequency. A logarithmic slider for total posts in a day, a list of frequencies (25 times per day, 50 times per day), and a list of time intervals between notification events.
//TODO: Need to implement hours of operation, so notifications will only arrive between certain hours of the day/night.
Question Packs can be created and deleted by the user. There is planned functionality to select questions only from "ACTIVE" question packs. Question packs can be defined in CSV as follows:
## 999_QPACKID, Question Pack Display Name, Question Pack Long form description, Source Integer
public static final int INTERNET = 0;
public static final int THIS_USER_CREATED = 1;
public static final int OTHER_USER_CREATED = 2;
public static final int CAME_WITH_APP = 3;
There are two notification types, to handle different learning and testing styles: Multiple Choice and Free Response.All questions will be stored in a single csv file. The format of the individual questions will determine how there are processed and stored in memory.
I am currently planning to generate the questions from the csv file, and then export them to json. This json file will contain the universal ids, which will be useful to know when on the internet. Also, the JSON format will aid in file transfer and storage. Less ambiguous, troublesome to reinitiate.
Format:
999_QPACKID, Question text with question mark?, @Correct Answer, #Incorrect Answer 1, #Incorrect Answer2
Correct Answers are prepended with a @.
Incorrect Answers are prepended with a #.
Upon answering the notification's question, the user is a brought to a feedback screen. The success or failure of the answer is immediately reported. After a short timer (currently 1700ms), the app closes automatically.
999_QPACKID, Question text with question mark?,&Correct Answer
The correct answer is prepended with a & without any leading whitespace.
Upon viewing a free response notification, the user is then to think of their response before clicking on the notification. After they have clicked through into the app, the answer is displayed and grading buttons (Correct, Incorrect) are available for the user to indicate their performance. After reporting correctness, the app gives feedback, it closes automatically with the same parameters as the MC Feedback Screen. You can stop the auto-exit by tapping this screen.