Design and Implementation of a Mobile-Based Personal Digital Assistant (MPDA)

In this work we present a mobile-based personal digital assistance for students of higher institutions of learning. These days, the need for a To-Do list or a daily plan cannot be over-emphasized. This is because so many things compete for our valuable. It appears that the 24 h of a day are no longer sufficient for our daily activities. Although this appears true, however, prioritizing our activities generally may go a long way in helping to manage our time. Several platforms and media that existed some years ago were based on the use of pen and paper to organize activities for the day. These can no longer match up recent advances in technology and information flow which are at a very great speed. This work leverages on the current proliferation of mobile devices where each student now has a mobile device for personal use. In this work a mobile-based personal digital assistant is developed specifically on the Android platform. The system adopts Google’s material guidelines for the design of its user interface. Android Java was used for the implementation of the core aspects of the system while SQLite was used for the database. The application will help students in prioritizing and organizing their daily activities thereby making them more responsible.