A Very Simple Android Application for Safety

I finally got to play with Android and I tried to make it useful enough. This application is not a big break-through or something 2.0-ish. Its a very simple call app but I am under this assumption that this will prove to be useful (at least it will be for me if I had an Android phone). Yes, I do not have Android phone and I do not even have an iPhone. I just happen to suck!

The application is about Calling for help when you are walking through a dark or a possibly unsafe place. Hoping that you are getting phone signal, I have always wondered that instead of fidgeting with your phone to dial 911 and keeping your thumb on the “green call” button, why not have an application where there is a big fat button that when released calls 911. Thats what I have tried to do here in this application. A 200px button when pressed and held, does not do anything, but when released, dials 911. So, you can save yourself from a surprise event like someone attacking you from behind and leave the calling for the app to do.

Here is the .apk file of the application. I call it callHelp application. I think its a good idea to improve this application to include a setting where you can change the emergency number (I’d suggest keep 911). Right now this feature is not there because I am not even sure if this application works on a handset.

If you are interested in looking at the source code, you can do that here at Github. Source code at Github.

So, if someone out there tries it, please let me know how goes it! thanks.