Design and development of network-based consumer applications on Android

This paper presents an innovative research approach to design and develop mobile consumer applications across communication network. The design involves mobile client that receives services provided by the base station server connected to database server. Target consumer applications implemented are Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Utility billing application. These applications are tested for correctness and analyzed for performance with varying input data type and size. The applications are also verified and validated by porting on a mobile device that runs Android operating system. The proposed research finds use in upcoming mobile based consumer applications for achieving increased cost-effectiveness, scalability and ease of use.