Customize

ImproveMyCity-Mobile must be compiled with the Android Studio 1.1.0 and Android SDK with Android 2.3.3 – API 10. In order to compile the app you need to follow these steps in the correct order a) Open the IMC mobile project with Android Studio; b) within Android Studio open Android SDK Manager and install the "Google Play Services library" and ""Android 2.3.3 sdk". See FAQ for instructions on how to do it. The mobile application is developed to communicate with the back-end Joomla component of ImproveMyCity web application. So in order to achieve the full functionality of the mobile app you need also to follow the instructions for installing ImproveMyCity.

Client side

In order for ImproveMyCity-Mobile to work for your municipality, several parameters should be changed. These parameters are located in four places:

• app/src/main/java/com/mk4droid/IMC_Store/Constants_API.java
• app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
• app/src/main/res/xml/myprefs.xml
• app/src/main/res/raw/polygoncoords.txt

In IMC_Store.Constants.java you should modify the following parameters:

1. Server address. It can be textual or numeric (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX), e.g. ServerSTR = "improve-my-city/";

2. Server inner path. Inner path (concatenated after ServerSTR) where the PHP scripts are stored on the Server, e.g. phpExec = "/demo/";

3. Server path of issues’ images. Inner path (concatenated after ServerSTR) where the images are stored on the Server, e.g. remoteImages = "/demo/";

4. Encryption key for the secure transmission of IMC password. It should match the one in ImproveMyCity joomla component. The default value is EncKey = "1234567890123456";

5. (Optional) Usage analytics key for Flurry analytics that monitors usage of application see www.flurry.com. Flurry_Key = "your_key_goes_here”;

In app/src/main/res/raw/polygoncoords.txt

6. Geographical limits (polygon) from where issues can be sent are defined as from a sequence of Longitude-Latitude coordinates. Coordinates are separated with white space, e.g. "23.1094 40.5789 23.1111 40.5781 23.1126 40.5774 23.1094 40.5789". A point is defined from two coordinates. The polygon consists of all points. The polygon should be closed, i.e. first point should match last point. Latitude and Longitude can be obtained by from GoogleMaps by right-clicking on the desired points and selecting “What is here”. A better way is to generate a polygon from Google-Earth app and export it as a kml file (remove the altitude information ",0");

In app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

7. Google map api key. You must generate one google map api key that should be linked to 1) your android debug key; 2) to your android release key. See in android developer here about how to generate a map api key according to your android debug or release key. !Important: A common case is that if you compile the IMC android app as it is, it will not show the map because the map key is set for my android debug key. You should generate another map key!

After obtaining the Google map api key it should be placed as shown below:
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="your_key_goes_here"

In app/src/main/res/xml/myprefs.xml

8. Default UI language. In order to change the default user language changes in two files should be made

9. Usage analytics by using Flurry library is by default “true”. It can be modified in line 58, e.g. android:defaultValue="false"

Compile the application and you are done!

Server Side

The only setting is to define the exact same API KEY in Joomla administrator as shown in the screenshot

Also make sure you have enable json controller on IMC Options