Design and Implementation of an Android-Based Application for Finding Exercise Friends
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This research aimed to: 1) design and develop an Android mobile application for managing group creation and finding exercise partners; and 2) study user satisfaction with the application for finding exercise partners. The system was developed based on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The Flutter Framework was used to develop the user interface, while Firebase was used as the Backend as a Service (BaaS). The sample group consisted of 200 application users selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments included the application for finding exercise partners and a user satisfaction assessment form. The statistics used for data analysis were mean () and standard deviation (S.D.). The overall user satisfaction was at a high level (
= 4.39, S.D. = 0.43). The research findings indicated that the application can be used as a tool to facilitate finding exercise partners and exercise groups. It also serves as an additional channel for connecting people who want to exercise with others.
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