Roster Import

1. Customer Profile

Our client belongs to the aviation industry and is the CEO of RosterImport Ltd.

In order to enable the crew members to view their roster in a structured way and get all the latest updates regarding it, it became necessary to develop a mobile app.

2. App Link

iOS App Link:    https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/roster-import/id1228187917?mt=8

3. Scope of Work

As our client in from the aviation industry, he understands the inconvenience that is caused by paper rosters. Manually entering the roster is equally bothersome. So he wanted us to create an app that can let the flight crew and cabin crew view all their roster related information in a single place. He wanted this app to be feature-rich so that it can be extremely useful for the crew members. The design has to be user-friendly and the navigation should be easy to understand. Also, he wanted that the application must be accessible to all the smartphone users.

4. Solution Overview

As the client wanted to bring an end to this situation with something useful, we created this RosterImport app. This app is a must-have for the crew members, as they can access it from anywhere – both online and offline. We designed a user-friendly UI which the client appreciated a lot. We have implemented a real-time calendar in it that will help the users stay up-to-date with their crew roster and access it from anywhere they want, even when they are offline. With this app, we have made it possible for the users to view their latest roster information. In order to generate the online calendar, users only need to enter their details and all the information will be displayed on their smartphones. This has eliminated the use of paper rosters – exactly what the client wanted.

5. Technology Used

For iOS

• Language: Objective-C
• IDE: XCode
• Minimum OS Support: iOS 8.0
• Device Supported: iPhone/iPad (All)
• Version Control - SCM: Git (Bitbucket)
• Orientation supported: Portrait
• Project management: Basecamp 2
• Local DB: Core Data
• App Subscription: IAP (In App Purchase for Apple)

Extension Used:   Third-party SDKs: Facebook SDK

For Android

• Language: Java
• IDE: Android Studio
• Minimum OS Support: Android API level 15 (Ice Cream Sandwich higher version 4.0.3)
• Device Supported: Android Phone/Tablet 7" and 10"
• Version Control - SCM: Git (Bitbucket)
• Orientation supported: Portrait
• Project management: Basecamp 2
• Local DB: SQL Lite
• App Subscription: IAP (In App Purchase for Google)

Extension Used:   Third-party SDKs: Facebook SDK, Google SDK: FCM, Google Map SDK, Google Play Service

6. Key Benefits

• Users can track their flights, routes, distance travelled for each roster, destinations and share their statistics with their closed ones on social media
• Users can seamlessly integrate as well as synchronize their roster with Google Calendar, Outlook and ical
• Users will get notifications of newly published roster or any duty changes with the availability of auto-checks
• Users can view as well as share their flight statistics for their current and next roster
• This app supports a huge number of major airlines as it uses Webcis, Geneva, Sabre, AIMS, Merlot and Jeppesen