Ticketmaster for Android (Uni project)

[stoke1863]

I have always wanted a mobile version of tickemaster for my phone. Sure i could use the site but its highly bloated for a phone using 3G.

My award at uni is "Applied IT" so i can choose any subject to do. I am currently near the end of year 2 and want to start my final year project as soon as possible.

EVERYONE on my award is doing a boring website with database combo. Its soooo predictable and id imagine the lectures are bored of seeing them. I want to take this opportunity to do something different. I have never made an android application and have 0 experince with Java.

Ive got pretty much a whole year to learn so im asking now how viable this sounds.

My application needs to take a data feed from ticket-masters server. The end user needs to log in to there ticket-master account (maybe using a redirect to the actual log in area of the site?) and then be able to see and search all available tickets and then be able to purchase them using the card details on there account.

Now id imagine the data feed will make this easier and in truth there are only 18 marks out of 100 for the actual application so it doesn't need to be amazing.

My only experince is HTML, CSS and i have a very good grounding in photoshop/Illustrator so can do decent graphics for the app.

So far i have one andriod book and have the SDK installed.

Any ideas/starting points or please tell me this is a stupid idea and i should give up





Mods move this to program forum if you think it would be better

 

[stoke1863]

Can't help here, but this would be very popular. You also have to ask why it hasn't been done before?

Yes i have always thought this. I wouild stick my neck out and suggest tickemaster do not want any 3rd party people involved with moblle side of things. Although they do have an affiliate program.

Either case it doesnt matter as its not going to be for the public

 

[stoke1863]

you may already know this but there is an m.ticketmaster version of the site

also id be worried about Ticketmaster releaseing an official app before yours is done/due in and then you been asked by uni ''why?''

Lol never knew that actualy.

It wouldn't realy matter to be honest. Most people are doing things that have been done and one of the research bits of the project is to show things that have been done before.

 

[stoke1863]

Can you not talk to your lecturer about the suggestion for your final year project? My course was smaller than most but even big courses must allow people to have a specific advisor?

Yea i have already. They said i should do it and the project proposal is fine.

Im not asking about this thought im asking if this seems to hard to do for a beginner to android

 

[stoke1863]

I'm at staffs uni. There is only 18 marks for the project and the rest is for the write up. I'm. Going to do a section at a time and learn as I go