Question # 1: Analyse both Recycler View and List View and write down

detailed differences between these two views as per following subheadings a-f?

a) Definition:
Recycler View:
Recycler View is an advanced and flexible version of List View and Grid
View. It was introduced in Material Design in API level 21 (Android 5.0 i.e.
Lollipop). It is a container used for displaying large amount of data sets that
can be scrolled very efficiently by maintaining a limited number of views.

Components of RecyclerView
 Layout Managers
 ViewHolder
 RecyclerView.Adapter
 ItemAnimator

List View:
List View is used when you have to show items in a vertically scrolling list.
With ListView, user can easily browse the information, while scrolling up
and down. You can set divider between every item and set its height and
color as per your UI design.
Best example of it is our device's Contact List. Adapter classes are used to
supply data from datasets to ListView.
Attributes of List View:
 android: Divider
 android:dividerHeight

b) Diagrammatic Difference of Recycler View and List View:

c) Example of apps using Recycler View:

WhatsApp, Snapchat, Facebook

d) Example of apps using List View:

Settings, Gmail, Messages

e) Syntax difference between of Recycler View and List View:

 Recycler View:
Class RecyclerAdapter : RecyclerView.Adapter() { }

 List View
Class ListAdapter : BaseAdapter() { }
 f) Which approach should be better?
RecyclerView is better as compare to ListView because:
 it gives a lot of control and power.
 It is much more customizable than the ListView.

Question # 2: Examine the paper “Mobile Apps for the Management of

Diabetes” (as attached with email). Write down the similar format two pages
summary on mobile apps for the management of dementia. Access the quality
of 5 shortlisted apps and formulate a table based on Table 1 in research
paper. Also mention the names of apps at the end of paper.

Dementia is a term that begins deep in the memories to long-term

describes a number of brain (entorhinal memories.
syndromes, and not a cortex). The entorhinal Understanding about
specific disease. cortex is located near dementia and its
Dementia refers to to the hippocampus. progression of the
when the brain does Neurons located in this disease, makes
not function normally region of the brain start programming apps to
in terms of memory, to lose efficiency and be better inline of
behavior, and clear their ability to capabilities, needs, and
thinking for daily communicate with creating customized
activities. Dementia is other parts of the brain. strategies for truly
a disorder Throughout the targeted software.
characterized by progression of the
impairment of memory disease, this process Due to demographic
and at least one other spreads to the changes, there has been
cognitive domain hippocampus, the brain a growing number of
(aphasia, apraxia, region that plays a aging population. For
agnosia, executive major role in learning example, in Europe
function). A type of and is involved in older adults, aged 55+
dementia is AD, which converting short-term
years, form 25% of the
whole population. This problems, impaired suffering from
increasing trend in the communication skills, dementia.
rise of older population depression,
Nevertheless, in the
groups brings about behavioural changes,
early phases of
serious economic and and confusion. In
dementia patients are
social changes addition, people with
still able to take care of
accompanied with a dementia suffer from
themselves by
number of aging behavioural disorders
modifying their life
diseases such as such as apathy,
styles with little or no
dementia. depression, delusions,
additional ongoing
hallucinations,
At the moment, the support, in which
aggression, irrelevant
prevalence of dementia especially the
sexual behaviour, or
reaches 58 million availability and
sleeping problems. All
people worldwide, adoption of health-
these symptoms
however, by 2050 it focused mobile phone
impose a significant
should triple since each apps can help both the
emotional and physical
year there are about 9.9 patients and their
burden not only on the
million of new caregivers with the
patients themselves,
dementia cases. The self-management of
but also on their
key symptom of dementia. Boulos
caregivers who have to
dementia is the global estimate that there are
look after these
deterioration of over 40,000 health-
patients because they
cognitive functions, related apps on the
are dependent on their
which is usually market.
help. In fact, 80% of
progressive and However, Singh argue
the caregivers are
irreversible in nature. that many mobile apps
family members whose
Other symptoms of are not designed to
quality of life rapidly
dementia include a meet the specific needs
declines after taking
considerable loss of of patients with
care of their loved ones
memory, orientation dementia and/or their
caregivers. This the use of mobile apps, dementia are especially
finding has been also as well as interventions used for tracking
confirmed by Conci focusing on the needs wandering people via
who point out that of the dementia cohort global posting system
older people are of patient. (GPS), scheduling
willing to accept and activities of their daily
Users of mobile phone
adopt a new life or appointments at
apps can easily
technology if it meets their doctor, or
download the software
their needs and communication. Most
programs to their
expectations. The main of these mobile phone
mobile device with the
barriers seem to be apps work on Android
Internet capability.
poor technical platforms, which allow
These programs can be
knowledge and skills, users to change the
then used in several
negative attitudes sensitivity of the touch
ways, which can help
toward the use of this interface and can
people with MCI
technology, as well as provide a vibration
and/or dementia to
inaccurate perceptions feedback when the
reduce their cognitive
of people with screen is touched.
impairments. The
dementia. Furthermore, Screen protectors can
programs for the
there is a general lack also help decrease
improvement of
of clinical trial glare
cognitive disorders in
evidence supporting

.
Ite App Name Offered By Category Quality
m
No.
1. Care Trackers Stella Care ApS Navigations Acceptable-
Good
2. Pain Rating Scale ETZ Health and Acceptable-
 Safety Good
Monitoring
3. Your Care Card The Memory Kit, Career Poor-
LLC Support Acceptable
4. myPlayLife myPlayLife Ltd Leisure and Poor-
socializing Acceptable
(Reminiscenc
e Therapy)
5. A walkthrough Alzheimer’s Health and Good-
Dementia Research UK Safety Acceptable
Monitoring,
Daily Living
Activities

Apps Name:
 Care Trackers
 Pain Rating Scale
 Your Care Card
 myPlayLife
 A walkthrough Dementia