Development And Acceptability Of Mobile Application Esarakan: A Boarding House Locator For Ilocos Norte

Abstract

Finding a boarding house is not easy, especially for new boarders who are not familiar with the area, and it requires a lot of effort, money, and time. Searching for the nearest available boarding house in a certain area and the lack of adequate information is still a problem in Ilocos Norte. To give a solution to the problem, the study intended to develop a mobile application eSarakan a boarding house locator for Ilocos Norte and determine the user’s acceptability. In the development of the application, Rapid Application Development was used and Android Studio as the platform for development. Maps and navigation features were incorporated utilizing Mapbox API and Firebase as its real-time database. The application was tested by the end-users and answered the questionnaires based on ISO 25010. The application was accepted by the end-users with an overall mean of 4.29 interpreted as Very Satisfactory. The developed application meets the end-user’s requirements in finding available boarding houses near the area. With the application’s features, it is easier to search for boarding houses and communicate with the owners. The application is a great help to the community, especially to the boarding house seekers and boarding house owners for their business advertisement.