Student Profile App

An Android app for viewing and editing a student profile, built for the Mobile Application Development course in the BSc Computing program at Cavendish University Zambia.

Overview

The app displays a student's profile (name, student number, programme, school, and year) and lets the user edit those details on a second screen. Edited data is passed back via an Intent and persisted locally with SharedPreferences, so the profile survives an app restart.

Features

• Profile view — displays full name, student number, programme, school, and year of study
• Edit screen — separate activity for editing profile fields, with input validation before saving
• Data persistence — profile changes are saved locally using SharedPreferences and reloaded on app launch
• Activity communication — uses Intent extras and startActivityForResult to pass data between the main and edit screens

Tech Stack

• Language: Java
• Platform: Android (min SDK 24, target/compile SDK 36)
• UI: Android Views (XML layouts), AppCompat, Material Components, ConstraintLayout
• Build: Gradle (Kotlin DSL)

Project Structure

app/
├── src/main/java/com/nyashajack/studentsprofile/
│   ├── MainActivity.java          # Displays the profile, launches the edit screen
│   └── EditProfileActivity.java   # Edit form with validation, returns result to MainActivity
├── src/main/res/
│   ├── layout/                    # activity_main.xml, activity_edit_profile.xml
│   ├── drawable/                  # Custom shapes (rounded card, circular photo border)
│   └── values/                    # Colors, strings, themes
└── src/test, src/androidTest       # Unit and instrumented test scaffolding

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Android Studio (recent stable version)
• Android SDK with API level 36 installed (Android Studio will prompt to install if missing)

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/students-profile-app.git

2. Open the folder in Android Studio.
3. Let Gradle sync (Android Studio will download dependencies automatically).
4. Run on an emulator or physical device (min Android 7.0 / API 24).

Project Status

Academic coursework project — a lab exercise focused on multi-screen navigation, Intent data passing, and local data persistence in Android.

License

Academic project — for educational/portfolio purposes.