Lifecraft: An Android Based Application System for Women Safety

Abstract

Women have ensured the stability, progress and long-term development of the nations throughout the history. If women are subjected to violence and harassment, they cannot be genuinely included in society. With increasing heinous incidents involving women and children, an advanced system is needed to serve the purpose of getting help as soon as possible. At present time, the use of smartphones has increased rapidly, making it possible to use a smartphone efficiently for security or other protective purposes. All the recent atrocious incidents have made us think about to go for the safety issues. The crimes against women can be minimized with the help of our application “LifeCraft”. It is an application for android for women's safety though men can also use it at a distress situation. It can be activated by voice command or SOS key. An alert message with location is sent to the user defined numbers in every five minutes until the system is turned off [1]. Many cases remain mysterious due to insufficient evidence. So, we have kept audio recording option to keep evidence. Continuous location tracking, showing the victim safe zone, offline mode is some of the most useful features of this system.