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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY (IJRT) ISSN No.

2394-9007
Vol. V, No. II, April 2018 www.ijrtonline.org

GoGirls Alert Application


(Women Security Android Application)
Mohit Bagria, Subarna Panda

Abstract— In today’s world, everyone using smart phones B. Internet Access:


have increased rapidly and hence. A Smart phone can be used for At present for anything and everything everybody is using
various purposes. This research paper main motive is to build an internet services. This application also works based on the
application that helps to create a secure environment for Women internet because it works as a live app. So, for better
by alarming Emergency services with a click of a button. As a
communication and synchronization user has to keep mobile
part of this application like location sharing, emergency number
dialing, SMS to emergency contacts, nearby police, hospitals data on. So selected contact’s can track your location and live
information will be available for the user and also to the activity.
emergency contact which the user has assigned to this app. C. GPS/ GPRS Enabled:
I. INTRODUCTION If User’s mobile network won’t work properly, so, in this case,
GPS service will start the action and it tracks user location and
Women Security is the most important concern at present. We based on that it works.
have read about many unfortunate incidents happening with
women and the rate is increasing. Safety of women matters a II. EXISTING SYSTEM
lot whether at home, outside the home or working place. By the
There is so many Application exists in the market for women
survey of Delhi government’s Women and Child Development
protection when they are in some trouble. The drawback is in
Department, around 80%of the women in national capital have
some of the application is they just send alert message to the
fear regarding their safety. So, for protecting girls through such
saved contacts, and some of them not even properly get the
kind of incidents. This application motive is to build a mobile
user location. Some of the major services are missed in
application named “GoGirls”, which will help Women when
existing application. So, Because of this lack, some new
they are out in public. The prime motive is to provide security
application should come into the market with all safety
to Women so that they feel secure when they travel or hang out
features. These are the top Most Application available in the
in public. So as research point, even though there are already
Market:
so many applications available in the market, they have some
1. My Safetipin
major drawbacks and others don’t work properly or lack useful
2. Nirbhaya
features. There is an urgent need to understand and solve this
3. Red Eye
problem of women safety so that they can also grow equally
4. Women Safety
like men in their own country.
Some of the common flaws in this application like:
I. BACKGROUND • The Location sharing at the time of incident not available
• It’s not giving any option for an emergency contact Like:
This application will be using different background services to Parents, Police, and Ambulance.
run this app and to provide services. • One touch access in case of emergency not available.
A. Location Enabled: • No, any other emergency features.
Location permission required to track user current location, • No account creation.
based on that message service will be able to send your
current location to the emergency contacts. When the user III. PROPOSED SYSTEM
uses this application, the user has to verify device location At present GoGirls providing some services which help users
should be enabled. to provide better security when they are out in public. At
Manuscript received on April, 2018. present some of the features we can add in this application,
Mohit Bagria, Research Scholar, Information Security Management System, and all these services are very important to provide first level
Department of Computer Science & IT, Jain University, Bengaluru, of security. Some more functions or services can plan for
Karnataka, India. future enhancements.
Prof. Subarna Panda, Asst. Professor, Information Security Management
System, Department of Computer Science & IT, Jain University, Bengaluru,
Karnataka, India.

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A. Present Features: The Major Functions of this application is to provide
1. Account Creation: At first user need to create an account to important features like:
access this application and enter user information like • Location Sharing with Latitude and Longitude details
Name, Email, Mobile, and Password. • Helpline Contacts
2. Sign In: User needs to log in with their credentials. • Near Police Station & Hospitals Contacts
3. Master Page: It displaying main activity of this application • Instant Message Service
with all function and settings. • Image Capturing and sending to the emergency contacts
• Home Location: It will show user’s current location, and • Source and Destination Finder
message service to notify your contacts after reaching • Instant Action based on location and Activity
home safely.
• Roaming: Facility to search distance between source and IV. SCOPE
destination along with sending your plan details to selected As a Human being, we must ensure respect and security of
contacts. everyone’s not only women’s. But of the Violence and crimes
• Track Me: It automatically captures your location with happen with women’s only. So that everyone has to keep in
latitude, longitude and alerts the emergency contact. mind and based on that people has to create such a secure
• Helpline: It shows nearby Hospitals, Police station with environment for women’s. This application just ahead one step
their contacts and address details. to make that secure environment and protect women’s
• Identity: It gives you the flexibility to capture an image or freedom. It gives confidence to them to enjoy their life securely
select from the gallery and send it to the Emergency without any fear.
contact along with the Drivers or Routes details.
V. DEPENDENCIES
B. Future Enhancements: This Application will not be work based on Some Conditions:
1. Mobile Data Storage Capacity: It stores some amount of
1. Mobile Data is disabled: If the user doesn’t have an
mobile data Ex: 100MB. In an emergency, it helps users to internet connection or if mobile data is disabled then this
use this stored mobile data and contact to your emergency application cannot perform any actions.
contact by using GoGirls features.
2. Mobile Signal not in range: For tracking location android
2. Voice Recognition: It helps in critical conditions when user
needs mobile network in range then the only user can
not able to open this app or user present at distance from
communicate with the emergency contacts or can send a
the mobile device. In the condition, the user can access or
data or message.
use this application features and makes communication
3. GPS or Location is Disabled: If User location is disabled
with contacts.
or GPS network not in range then it becomes a problem to
3. Auto Capturing Images: It starts auto capturing images
communicate with your contacts and sharing location
using mobile device camera based on user’s settings and
details.
activity. After clicking it stores into the database and from
4. Mobile Switched off or Battery is Dead: If user mobile is
there it sends to the default emergency or selected contacts.
switched off or batter is dead then no any option to do
So, it gives a scenario or the condition of the user, and it
anything.
may capture any culprit snapshot during this process. So, it
5. User not giving any Alert Signal to the Application: this
helps more to identify the culprit and get him into custody.
application is not able to get alerts until user not give an
If something happens wrong with the user in that case
alert signal or activate any tracing service.
images can be present as strong evidence to punish the
culprit. VI. EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION
4. Easy Access: This Feature explained about fast accessing of
1. Performance: Performances is very important in this kind
this application or mobile devices. When the women will be
of Application. This project is based on Android Platform,
in trouble and she may not be able to open the application.
and it comes under Security Application. So, we have to
In this Situation it helps to access the application by using
Focus on some important aspects:
different methodology. Like: Shake mobile 5 times, Press
• Tracking Location should be correct.
power button 3 times, some kind of voice message, etc.
• Sharing Pictures and Location will be Very fast.
5. Guardian Account Creation: By installing this application
• Messages Services should work fast.
Guardian also can create account and use some parent
• Authentication Confidentiality, integrity, Availability.
features. In this manner Guardian will be having different
2. Integrity: It identifies the location integrity. When it sends
environment and it helps them to track kids or any relative’s
user’s latitude and longitude details to the selected
location with their permissions. Features:
emergency contacts that information should be correct and
• Ask for Auto-Location.
verified. Because based on that detail only people can track
• Tracking User’s Live Location.
her location.
• Sending Any Particular Message to the User
• Getting User’s Captures Images instantly

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3. Authentication: User account is needed to use this
application and user confidential details storing in the
database. So, database and server security is an important
concern because of user’s confidential information. And to
use this application best authentication should provide to
the users. So unauthorized entries will not be able to misuse
the motive of this application.
VII. FLOW DIAGRAM

Fig. 2: Application features and services


Fig. 2 displaying application features and services, after
verifying user’s credentials, the control moves to home page.
Here user can use all added services depend on the situation or
need.
First is the home, it fetches user’s current location and
displayed on screen along with that user can send message to
emergency contacts by using messaging service.
Second one is roaming, it asks user’s plan and depend on
that it search best path and displayed to the user on screen.
User can follow this map instruction and safely reach at
destination. Along with this user can notify selected contacts
about her plan, so they get to know where you are going.
Third Track me, it gives instant help to the users when
they are not able to physically enter the location details or
contacts selections. At that time user just have to click on this
button. It automatically tracks your location details and sends
Fig. 1: Predefined functions of this application (Flow Diagram) it to the default selected contact members. It sends your
Fig. 1 shows some predefined functions of this application. location details in every 2 min. It helps them to track you and
This service executes when user first time install If user is save your life.
authorized he/she can access this application else it this Fourth Helpline, it helps user to search nearby location
application or creating new account or logging into his/her any hospitals or Police station is available or not. User just has
account. Now first process user has to install this application to click on this button and it catch user’s current location or
into mobile and run it. After it check user is logged in or not, if user can manually enter the location. After that it starts
not it shows main activity page (sign in page) else it opens user searching and it displays the output.
home page. If sign in page appears, then on sign in page user Fifth is Identity, basically it provides tacking pictures of
has to create an account with filling some of the personal cab or auto driver’s ID card or Number plat and user can send
details Like; Name, Email Id, Mobile Number and Password, it to the any emergency contacts. Along with this user can
etc. and this data stores into database for future uses. Now send message and any other details.
main page appears on the screen and user can login into their Logout, it closes the user’s account session and when user
account by using his/her account credentials. When user clicks again opens this application. User has to enter their credentials
on login button, background process will start and it went to and that details will be verified by the database and Figure 1.1
the server and checks the validity of user’s account. It shows process will start.
error message regarding the account creation or wrong
credentials.

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VIII. SCREENSHOTS clicking on Signup Button. The validation process will start
and it creates the account, after it will give you the notification.
Like: Account Created Successfully. Users have to same
credentials at the time of login account.

Fig. 3: Master Page


Fig. 3 this is Master page, it displaying Account Creation and
Login Option. First user has to create an account after
successfully creation of account user can login with their Fig. 5: Available features in the application
credentials. Guideline feature will display the application uses Fig. 5 will display all the available features in the application.
and all the available services in the application. It helps to It describe about all services like: At Home, Roaming, Track
understand the concept of this application and in what situation Me, Helpline and Identity. After uses user can logout to this
user can use this application. application and can close the session.
IX. CONCLUSION
By developing this application, analyzed how to move forward
in the field of women security by building Android application.
It helps to provide such a secure environment when women are
in public. This application feature help to give them a security
service which they can use based on their requirements or
situations.
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1. https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
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4. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3769762/web-colors-in-an-
android-color-xml-resource-file
5. https://developer.android.com/guide/index.html
6. https://developer.android.com/guide/components/fundamentals.
html
7. http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Android/article.html
Fig. 4: Create user’s account 8. https://dzone.com/articles/introduction-toandroid-programming-
using-the-andr
Fig. 4 this is the interface to create user’s account with their
basic information. User has to enter the details and after 9. https://techbeacon.com/ultimateandroiddevelopment-guide-50-
beginner-expert-resources

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