A Location-Based Movie Advisor Application for Android Devices

Abstract

Android is one of the world’s most popular mobile platforms. There are more than 600000 applications available today’s market place. Movie advisor applications are also available in Google Play but there is no location-based movie advisor application for Android devices in Google Play and any other marketplace. A Location-Based Service is a mobile computing application that provides information and functionality to users based on their geographical location. In this study a location-based movie advisor which is a special application for Android devices to find nearest movie theaters is developed and implemented. Android devices are getting smarter with new features. By using these devices we can use new technologies and new ideas. Location-based services are one of these ideas. Wherever you are you can search and find new possibilities for almost everything. The aim of the location-based movie advisor application for Android devices is to give a brief summary about movies movie times and also nearest location information of the movie theaters depending on the location of the user. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.