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So You Want to Make an App?

Mark Rollins, CIH, CSP

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So You Want to Make an App?

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST

Mark Lee Rollins [email protected]

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN APP?

Mark Lee Rollins

A-EHS

360 Canterbury Road

Brooklyn, CT 06234

[email protected]

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN APP?

Contents © Mark Rollins

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Under the following conditions: • You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the

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• You may not use this work for commercial purposes

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & DISCLAIMERS

+Opinions are the author's

+Not AIHA, AIHA CAC

+COI disclosure

• Writer for redOrbit.com

• Technical guidance to AppsForEHS.com

MARK L. ROLLINS, CIH, CSP

+MS - Environmental Science

+BS - Environmental Health

+30+ years experience in profession

+Member, ANSI Z9 Committee

+Member, AIHA Computer Committee

+21+ years of PDA/smart device use

Many EH&S professionals use a Smart Device. Based on input to the AIHA, and comments received from the "Smart Devices" PDC, some would like to learn how to create a basic App. This class will provide information on the tools and techniques available, and the various methods, to make a simple, yet fully-functional App.

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OUTCOMES

+ Designed for the Smart Device user, who

wants to create a basic App

+ The course allows the attendees to: • Understand programming tools available

• Decide on their best options for the situation

• Create an App to suit basic needs

• Add enhanced functions if needed

SOLUTIONS, NOT ENDORSEMENTS

+We will be discussing general concepts,

usages and techniques • Use of product name is not an endorsement

+Don't care what you use; just want you

use it to its fullest extent

AGENDA

Development goals

Programming options

Languages

Web Apps

Simple App tools

FileMaker Apps

Advanced techniques

Examples

Open Discussion* * free to hang up

SMART DEVICES

+ History - early 1990s

• TRS 80, Sharp "Wizard", Apple Newton,

Psion, Palm; many, many others

• Evolutionary dead-ends

+ Limited functionality

• Black & white screens

• No communication / WiFi

• No GPS, camera, etc.

NOT VERY "SMART"

APPS BY SMART DEVICE OS (MAY 2011)

iOS

(Apple) - 348,000

Android

(Google) - 88,000

Blackberry

(Rim) - 27,000

Windows Mobile 7

(Microsoft) - 12,000

Source - App Genome Project

Does not count themes, ringtones or wallpapers

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

APPS BY SMART DEVICE OS (MAY 2015)

iOS

(Apple) - 1,400,000

Android

(Google) - 1,150,000

Blackberry

(Rim) - 130,000

Windows Mobile 7


WatchOS

(Apple) - 3,500

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

Sources - App Genome Project; www.statista.com


APPS BY SMART DEVICE OS (JANUARY 2016)

iOS

(Apple) - 1,520,000

Android

(Google) - 1,270,000

Blackberry

(Rim) - 138,000

Windows Mobile 7


WatchOS

(Apple) - 15,600

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

Sources - App Genome Project; www.statista.com


APP FOR ALMOST ANYTHING

CAC App listing

DEVELOPMENT GOALS

+Most important part of your project

• Questions

• Field types

• Rules

• Contracts

DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS

+ Single or multiple smart devices?

+ Data on single/multiple computers?

+ How will data be merged?

+ Are relational properties needed?

+ What software on desktop computer?

+ Alter database directly on smart device?

+ Does the smart device need to print?

+ Share data with other smart devices?

+ Security/confidentiality issues addressed?

+ What is the software cost?

DEVELOPMENT - DEFINE GOALS

+ Avoid "Feature Creep"

+ Do you really need to:

• Auto-lookup PEL or TLV?

• Contain photos, sketches?

• Capture a signature?

• Calculate calibration average?

• Live link to desktop databases?

DEVELOPMENT - ALL COSTS

+Hardware

+Software (licenses)

+Training time

+Loss or damage

DEVELOPMENT - TALK TO…

+MIS

+Potential users

+Accounting

+Anyone else involved

APP PROGRAMMING - SKETCH IT OUT

+Design interface

• Work flow

• Identify issues

+Paper templates

SKETCH IT OUT

+Apps to help design Apps

UI Sketcher

Mocking Pad

Blueprint

APP FIELD TYPES

+Text

+Alphabet

+ Integer

+Date/Time

+Calculation/Summary

+ Image

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DATA COLLECTION RULES – WHY?

+Speed up data entry, increase accuracy

• "We estimated that one person could

have saved up to 72 hours of data entry

time in one year"

TEXT

+ Letters Numbers Punctuation

• Memo, address,

descriptive fields

• Compare to

Alphabet and Integer

ALPHABET

+ Letters and

Punctuation only

• Not as flexible

as Text Field

• Employee name,

job title

INTEGER

+ Number only (+ - / etc.)

• Counts, quantity

• Anything defined

by only a number

DATE/TIME

+ Date / Time

+ Calendar format

+ Time in AM/PM or

24-hour time

CALCULATION/SUMMARY

+ Automatic data

entry

• Completion of

data during

collection

+ Total time,

average flow

1.7 1.5

1.6

IMAGE

+ Drawing,

photograph,

signature

• Sketch of

information

• Picture of

conditions

• Confirmatory

signature

PICKERS

+ Pop-up for a specific data with no words

• Date picker

• Time picker

• Picker of pictures of posture

RADIO BUTTONS

+ Multiple choice with one selection

• Personal or area

• Male or female

• AM or PM

• Respirator type

• Shift

CHECKBOX

+ Multiple choice with many selections

• Type(s) of PPE

• Sample

description

• Sample

conditions

POP-UP

+ List of choices

• Chemical names

• Departments

• Collection media

DEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGES

+ It's just about perfect

+Does even more work for you

+Accurate sync to desktop databases

• even wirelessly

DEVELOPMENT - PITFALLS

+Are other databases compatible?

• HR, chemical inventory, etc.

+Consultant leaves you high & dry

DEVELOPMENT TIPS

+Set all provisions in contract:

• Who owns the code,

• What bugs fixed for free, etc.

+Define project completely

+Who owns finished product?

See References

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APP TO DESKTOP SYNCHRONIZATION

+ Transferring to desktop computer

+ Sync with either

• A desktop version of the same program

• Like Access or Dbase or FileMaker

+ Other Apps rely on simple tab- or comma-

delimited text transfer

+ Some link to desktop applications

WHY SYNC?

+One could print out the data and re-enter

it into the desktop computer; or read it

from the screen and re-type it

• But this is redundant

+Not what we want to be doing

+ Increases the chance of errers

CLOUD STORAGE

+ Instead of synching with computer

+Cloud storage of documents

• Can also be shared as a group

• A file is a "live" document that can be

changed by all with editing rights

+Use the "Cloud" to store files

THE "CLOUD"

+Not in one location

+Multiple sites offer redundancy

+Professional sites may be better than

your company's "cloud site"

+Check with IT!

CLOUDS' PRICING

+ Pricing varies

• Free to some point

• 5 gigabytes or more

+ Some offer extra memory if you get more

people to join

CLOUD STORAGE - PRO AND CON

+ Pros

• Cheap reliable storage is huge much data

• Convenience of accessibility everywhere

• Security

+ Cons

• Pricing can get very high

• Slow connection with access to large files

• Security

PROGRAMMING OPTIONS

+Many tools for simple to complex Apps

+Differ in features, platforms and cost

• Hard-core languages (for "real" Apps)

• Web Apps

• App Tools (to build simple "real" Apps)

• FileMaker "Apps"

• Other tools

EXPLANATION – "REAL" APPS VS OTHERS

+ Real Apps

• Found in iTunes and Google Play

+ Web Apps

• Deploy via Web server, run in a browser

+ FileMaker "Apps"

• Very complex App-like files

+ Other tools

• At least as far as data collection goes

REAL VS WEB VS FILEMAKER VS HTML APPS

+ If it...

• Looks like an App

• Swims like an App

• Quacks like an App

+ We'll call it an App

REAL APP ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION

+Does not have to be put in the iTunes

store or the Google play store

+Ad hoc distribution

• May require coordination with among

other people and your IT department

• Don't want to create an App and run

afoul of these people

REAL APPS FROM HARD-CORE LANGUAGES

+iOS • Swift

• Xcode and Swift SDK

+Android • Android Studio

• Android Studio IDE and the Android SDK tools

BARE COSTS

+Developer account

• iOS - $99 year

• Android - $25

+Other costs include

• documentation

• graphic designers

• Web page for support

• maintenance updates

HARD CORE

PROS AND CONS OF "REAL" APP

+Pros

• Apps are fully functional

• Taking advantage of all features the

device has such as GPS, camera etc.

+Cons

• Although much easier to use that other

programming tools, the learning curve is

very steep

3RD PARTY DEVELOPERS

+ Fortunately, people that can develop an App

+ App with social feeds

• Photos, blog, etc.: $1,000 - $5,000

+ More detailed advertising App

• More functionality, etc.: $1,000 - $10,000

+ Full App

• Professional grade: $10,000 on up

WEB APPS

+Web application or Web app

+Client-server software

+Client (interface) in Web browser

+Just like any Web page

WHY WEB APPS?

+Web app are popular due to • ubiquity of web browsers

• convenience of using a web browser as a

client to update and maintain

+Avoids re-installing on dozens

(hundreds, thousands?) of users

+Cross-platform compatibility

WEB APP COMPLEXITY

+Simple HTML forms • Can make with MS Word

+Very complex "HTML 5" web pages • Look/function like a 'real" App

+Some App creation tools can make

HTML 5 web pages

WEB APP SIMPLICITY

+Make moderately-complex form

• date, notes, pop-up choices, etc.

+When done collecting data, a

"mailto" button sends data

• Need to create the mailbox

• Properly-formatted data can be

imported directly into database

WEB APP - IMPAIRMENT REPORTING

+FM Global "Red Tag"

system for sprinkler

system impairment

+"Web App", can be

accessed by any device

with an Internet

connection

Red eTag - FM Global

WEB APP - WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS

+Travelers Insurance

eCARMA system

+Worker's Compensation

workplace injury claims

eCARMA - Travelers

WEB APP PROS AND CONS

+Pros

• Apps can be cheap to create

• Deploy (almost) instantly on Internet

+Cons

• Complex HTML 5 programming can be

as expensive or difficult as an App

• Loss of Internet connection means

possible loss of data

SIMPLE APP TOOLS - FORM GENERATION APPS

+Apps can create forms for data collection

+Design is done on phone or tablet

+Difficult programming is already done • PDF reports

• Creating drop-down menu choices

• Camera and GPS support

FORM GENERATION APPS

+Several good form creation Apps

• Have not used any personally

+Some store the data on the App

company's servers

• Don't have a data connection, your

form may not work

FORM GENERATION APPS

+Pro • Very powerful features

• PDF reports, sync with other databases

+Con • Pricing

• Longevity not guaranteed

FORM GENERATION APPS - LONGEVITY NOT GUARANTEED

SPECIAL CASE - EVERNOTE

+Universal Data/Project Management

• Make checklists

• Record voice memos

• Organize "notebooks"

• Photos, business cards, handwritten

notes, files, presentations

EVERNOTE CHECKLISTS

+ EverNote checklists are very powerful

• Create custom forms

• Save

• Share

+ Nowhere near the power of a real App

• But quite useful

• And free

WEB-BASED APP GENERATION TOOLS

+ Not a programmer?

+ Can't afford one?

+ Fortunately there are a few tools

• Many Web-based


+ Feature sets run the gamut

• GPS, blog, e-commerce, push notification,

menus, customer loyalty, etc.

+ Pricing from "free" to "on up"

• You get what you pay for

+ "Free" usually means your App is "branded" with

their logo


+Good for things like • Business promotion

• AIHA Local Section reference source

• Company-specific information

• SIG communication portal

+Not going to make an auditing App • Well...


+Some Web-based tools support forms • Direct form support

• Link to a Google Form

+You could make an auditing App


+ Create with "drag and drop" interface

+ None to minimal programming knowledge

+ Prices vary

• "$0" to $249 per month

+ Different features, some you may not need

• Beer menu listings

• Which band is playing

• Customer loyalty cards


Name Website Cost

Appy Pie www.appypie.com $0 - $33 /mo

App Machine www.appmachine.com $49 - $69/mo

Bizness Apps www.biznessapps.com $60 / mo

Infinite Monkeys www.infinitemonkeys.mobi $9 - $39 /mo

Apps Builder http://www.apps-builder.com $49 - $249 /mo

Phone Gap http://phonegap.com $0

MobAppCreator http://www.mobappcreator.com $8 - $167 /mo

MobInCube www.mobincube.com $0 - $99 /mo

uBuildApp http://ubuildapp.com 1-time $329

como diy.como.com $41 - $57 /mo


+ Many function as "data aggregators"

• Pull in Web data

• From existing main Web page

• Present in small, App format

+ Or from a hidden page

• Not accessible from other links

KEEP HIDDEN WEB PAGES HIDDEN

+ Instruction online to create a "Robots.txt" file

+ Google, possibly others, will not index

HOW TO START MAKING YOUR APP

+ Review features

• Plan for the future

+ Create account

+ Go to a starting design

• Add parts

• Preview

+ Pay when complete

SAVE MONEY

+ Many of the Web-based App creation

tools charge a not-insubstantial fee to

list the completed App in iTunes and

Google Play

+ If you have an account, can save a lot

FILEMAKER GO

+Can create custom layouts

+Fastest way to go from • desktop database to

• mobile prototype to

• testing to deployment

+Also can be a significant time savings

+Can be intermediary data container to

essentially any database

FILEMAKER GO

+ Very easy to program, relatively speaking

+ Access all the goodies in your device

• GPS, camera, audio recording etc.

+ All "heavy lifting" is programmed in

• creating a PDF report

• printing from your phone

• capturing a signature

FILEMAKER ADVANTAGES

+Drop-down menu choices • Can't misspell Benzo(b)fluoranthene

+No calculation errors • enter numbers

• end up with total volume or time

+No transcription errors • Data transferred to desktop database

MEDIA ID

+ Include photo of media ID • One of the few places for you to

make a transcription error

+ When lab calls, check + "Was that 1002AA or 1022AA?" 1002AA

AUTO REPORTS

+A summary for posting in

a public area is produced • Personal info removed

+Employee letter • Auto-signed and dated

UNPARALLELED DOCUMENTATION

FUTURE PLANS

• More environmental parameters

• Signature from person being sampled

• Basic auto-report generation

• Bar Code scanner support

FUTURE PLANS

• Drone sampling!

ADVANCED APP TECHNIQUES

+Most of these are supported by one or

more of the Web-based App creation tools

• Private chats

• Share documents or photos

• Password protect App, so only

authorized users can see it


+Collect dues and meeting cost payments

• Credit card; PayPal for extra security

• Schedule meetings with members

+ iBeacon support


+ iBeacon support

+ Introduced by Apple in mid-2013 • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology

+ Any Smart device with BLE (BlueTooth 4) • any current iOS device

• Android with BLE running 4.3 or higher

+ Allow apps on mobile devices to respond

automatically when a user gets close by

iBEACONS –TWO TYPES OF FUNCTIONS

• Geofencing / Region Monitoring

– signal an app when someone enters or leaves

a defined geographic area

– works when an app is not running

• Proximity Ranging

– determine how close someone is to a beacon

– only works when app is running in foreground

WHERE AM I?

Sort of like "internal GPS" for

a store, factory, office or stadium

CUSTOM MEASSAGES VIA iBEACON

• App can receive data via the Internet,

when near an iBeacon

– Distance, delay time, and type of message(s)

can be adjusted and changed

FIVE SCENARIOS – WHAT DO WE WANT TO CREATE TODAY?

+ Inspection checklist

+ Ergonomic survey

+ Committee

+ IH Data collection

+ Improve PPE

CREATE INSPECTION CHECKLIST

+Assuming it's not too detailed

• Basic "check the box"

+Create checklist with EverNote

INSPECTION CHECKLIST

+Syncs automatically

with smart device

• Can email to others

INSPECTION CHECKLIST

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Create simple checklist Sync onto smart device

Retain or print as documentation,

costs $0

Complete form in situ deploy

Sync back to desktop

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

+Create a Web page (HTML doc)

• This is your ergonomic survey

+Connect to website via data connection

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

+Form can be posted on a Web address • Or Web page served by the laptop

+Web Browser on smart device connects

to and views Web form • Can also store form on device

+Roam while filling out the Web form

+Less obtrusive data collection

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

+More rapid deployment - it's just HTML

• Develop with a word processor

• Able to edit in the field

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

+"Done" button is a "mailto" button

• E-mail data to a pre-defined address

Follow-up: yes no

Done

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

+E-mail address set up for receipt of

sampling data only

+Set up records database to import data

from e-mail message • Done ahead of time; tested, debugged

+Almost no manual data entry • Reduce transcription errers

ERGONOMIC SURVEY

Ergonomic survey set up

as HTML Webpage

Page served on Wi-Fi Laptop or put

on Website

Smart device reads form with Web browser

Form has a "mailto" function

Each completed form sent by e-mail to a pre-defined account

Form completed in field

Database set up to import data from

e-mail messages; fast / cheap / easy

COMMITTEE APP

+ You want a committee or SIG App

• or Local Section, Industry Group

+ App will aggregate news, group updates

+ May want social media feeds as well

• Twitter, photos, blog

+ Can add other functions

• Dues payment, voting, in-App texting

+ The sky is the limit

COMMITTEE APP

+ Good news is a lot of work is already done

+ Calendars, web pages, social media can all feed

into some of the basic App creation methods

+ You just have to define what you want to do

+ And what your budget is • Well under $500 per year

COMMITTEE APP

+ Limit access with password or login

• Can be a user list (difficult to manage)

• Or a single login (easily compromised)

• Single changes monthly (good compromise)

+ Could add real social interaction

• iBeacon technology - committee members

get an alert within 25 feet of each other

COMMITTEE APP

COMMITTEE APP

Create Committee App

Vastly improved communication and output

App is a simple aggregator of existing data

Twitter

iBeacon

blog

photos

Calendar

Members

Other Features

Pay Dues Reports

IH DATA COLLECTION

+Assumes App is already:

• Created

• Installed

• Debugged

• Up and running

IH DATA COLLECTION

+Record all pertinent data

• Date and times

• Material sampled

• Employee's name

• Calibration data, etc.

IH DATA COLLECTION

+Once samples are set up

• Add alarms to check samples

+ In the field, a question comes up about

sampling another material

+Look up methods reference

• Website

• E-book you've created or downloaded

IH DATA COLLECTION

+At conclusion of sampling, record stop

time and add comments

• Auto-calculate total minutes or volume

+Send an e-mail to the lab notifying

samples are coming

IH DATA COLLECTION

+Database auto-enters data into lab's form

• Save as PDF

• Sign PDF

• E-mail to lab

+Track shipment

IH DATA COLLECTION

Software set up for

data collection

All pertinent data collected in situ

Software records all data related to

IH sampling; when done, software

calculates values

Sample submission

form e-mailed

to lab

Return to office, data is synced with

desktop computer; faster, easier, accurate

Track shipment

SMART PPE APP

+Create a system that alerts employees

• Based on location inside the facility

• Based on the PPE (personal protective

equipment) that is needed in the area

SMART PPE APP

+Areas and regions are mapped out

• Proper PPE identified years ago

+App and iBeacons set up

+Warn employees:

• When they enter a certain area

• Time until alert can vary by area

• Actual alert can be custom

SMART PPE APP

+Employee (X) enters high noise area

+App warns to use PPE after 30 seconds

Warning

Zone

High

Noise

Area

X

SMART PPE APP

Review PPE Use areas

Define warning delays Program App

Employee use of PPE increases

Program and deploy iBeacons

Why Apps?

Time is money - Benjamin Franklin

Time is an illusion - Albert Einstein

Money is not gained by losing Time - Portuguese Proverb

Time is what we want most, but, what we use worst - William Penn

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana - Anthony Oettinger

Make use of Time, let not advantage slip - William Shakespeare

I shall not waste my days... I shall use my Time - Jack London

1) DICTATION BEATS TYPING

+Efficient way to describe the ventilation

system or personal protective equipment

+Although not perfect, it's pretty good • May have to fix typo or three

+Faster!

2) LESS ADDITIONAL WORK

+No transcribing

+No copying / pasting into main database

+ It's can be a one button click import to

pull data from the Smart Device

3) SEAMLESS DATA INTEGRATION

+Photographs can be included • Can't mismatch picture and event

+Exposure limits can be auto-entered • Don't have to spend time looking up

+Signature, dates, calibration data • Carry through automatically to final summary

4) NO FORMS TO FILL OUT

+Lab form can be generated inside App • Pack samples up

• Print the form in the field

• Email to the lab as well

+No errors on laboratory form

Why?

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