Development of android application for visualisation of soil water demand

Abstract

A real-time and accurate estimation of soil moisture content is a key factor for irrigation water management. For conventional and precision irrigation system, an irrigation demand tool is required that is economical, easy-to-use, has large-scale coverage, provides the users useful information on irrigation requirement and can be accessible on smartphone or wireless sensor platform. Owing to this, the current study aims to develop a user-friendly mobile app for monitoring and visualising irrigation water demand in terms of soil moisture deficit (or SMD). Irrigation Scheduler App is designed by using the Android Studio 3.1.4 software and Java RE 1.8.0 version. The database file of Irrigation Scheduler App contains ground measured soil moisture content and other soil physical properties such as field capacity and texture. Any android phone having code Kitkat, Lolipop, Marshmallow and Nougat support this mobile application. Future efforts will focus on expansion of this study area and updation of the application. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.