Android application for visualizing Action Button trends around the world
News is meant to convey information in the most efficient manner. Speakable (https://actionbutton.org) has created the Action Button which allows journalists to embed this tool into their news articles in order to elicit reader engagement. Using news articles with the Action Button, I have created a visualization tool (Action Button Visualizer) that places these news markers on a world map. Now, users can see the trends developing around the world and understand the scope of these issues.
Users can pan across the Google Maps UI and click on icons (each icon corresponds to a different category of news). Once clicked, the marker will expand to show the news article title and a "click to read more" subtext. From there, if the user clicks on the marker, he/she will be redirected to the article's website.
Action Button Visualizer is built using Android studio and parses the data from a local JSON styled file. I used a local data file as opposed to web API since I could not find a Speakable API or a news API that fit my needs.
Go here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ovrx0g81k1Xab_RhZJAydA4XscPhrND3/view?usp=sharing, download the APK file to your Android phone, and follow the installation process. You may need to change your settings in order to allow for 3rd party app installation.
Initial Loading Screen with Legend
User Interface
After Clicking Marker
After Clicking Another Marker
Clicking Popup Window...
...and browser to article opens
