The mission

The upgrade

As a part of a school project we made a functioning rapid prototype of a StrongLifts 5x5 application for Android mobile phones. This project will be building on that prototype, and the goal is to produce a market ready application to rival all and any competing apps on Google Play.

For further information on the prototype, take a look here.

The plan is to add and improve the following features:

• Completely revamp the UI to take advantage of the new ICS features.
• Conform with the StrongLifts profile and palette.
• Produce a cleaner, simpler, and more intuitive interface.
• Up the usage of styles.
• Total refactoring of all the major systems to allow easier debugging.
• Improve the StrongLifts logic/hub to enhance and simplify interaction with the rest of the application.
• Add internal gallery to allow tracking of the physical transformation of the user.
• Better adherence to the Android design guidelines.
• Allow easier and more in-depth stat-tracking without information overload.
• Enhance UI focus on important features. Downplay less important.
• Add small tips to each activity/screen. We aim not to need this, but better safe than sorry.
• Add link to the default music player to shorten the road between the user and his chosen motivational anthem.
• Revamp and simplify Guides to further connect the user with the StrongLifts resources.
• Improve threading to reduce wait times.

These changes will be made in collaboration with the StrongLifts founder, Mehdi Hadim with whom we have established an agreement to produce a candidate for the official Android StrongLifts application.