Introducing the app
The app we'll be building in this chapter is called Network Assist. It's an application that will be made available to all staff. It is particularly useful to those working at stations in a public-facing capacity. The real version of this app would have many features, but we're only going to implement two:
- Showing when the next trains will arrive at each station
- Recording and reporting details of events happening around the network.
As this application will be used by staff members as they perform their jobs across the network, it will be built to run on Android and iOS devices.
What does "mobile" mean?
It's easy to think of "mobile" as only being about the device an app is on, but to do so is limiting. "Mobile" can be a helpful shorthand for "Android and iOS devices." However, it's essential to remember more than phones (or tablets) are mobile. It's also the person who...
