StepByStep — LSMO High Distinction

StepByStep was my final project for LSMO, a mobile and ubiquitous systems course focused on Android development. Unlike AST, this was not a project grown through many separate mini-projects: the goal was to deliver a complete mobile application for walking routes, from route creation and GPX import to live tracking, metrics, persistence, profile statistics, and theme support.

The core of the app is real-time route recording. A ForegroundService keeps tracking active while the app can move to the background, using FusedLocationProviderClient for high-accuracy updates, a persistent notification so the user can return to the active route, START_STICKY behavior, and a PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK to keep the CPU available during recording. The service calculates distance from consecutive location points, elapsed time, current elevation, and positive elevation gain, then broadcasts updates to the recording screen.

The project also includes GPX import through a custom parser that reads track points, elevation and timestamps, calculates route statistics, and stores the result with Room. Routes and points are modeled as separate entities with cascade behavior, allowing the app to list recorded/imported routes, show profile-level statistics, and persist the walking history. Visually, the app combines Google Maps, a dark map style, light/dark Android themes, and dedicated screens for route creation, importing, profile metrics, saving, and route detail review.