The Development of a Forum Mobile Application for Students

It is found that students tend to be shy when they first enrolled in their university, causing them to have limited friends upon commencement of classes. This is because they are unfamiliar with the new environment or language, making them feel somewhat cultural shocked. This causes them to have a greater chance in getting lost and refuse to enquire help. The feeling of shyness prevents them from breaking the ice with people among them. This then forms another barrier for them to socialize. It is also found that people feel insecure using online forums because malicious users exist on those forums. To avoid being conned, they sometimes choose not to believe what they see in forums. Also, it can be difficult to search online for solutions to a student's problem. Searching for specific information on search engines may be easy. However, the information provided may not be what the student needs as the search engine only provides posts created by others on different sites, but not tailored to the location and situation of the student. It is also found that some forums do not properly categorize posts, making it hard for searching. Therefore, it is ideal to propose the development of a forum mobile application for students to resolve all the problems found. The methodology adopted in this project is Rapid Application Development. The prototype mobile application is built in Android OS using Android Studio with Java Programming.