The problem RAKSHA (Panic Button Android App) solves

Nowadays, crime rates have been increasing on a daily basis. Many times, number 100 does not work as the lines are busy. A robust system which can help in locating a victim and sending immediate help is the need of the hour. Our team has made an attempt at solving this problem.
The panic button app mainly consists of a feature which sends a signal to the contacts from your family and friends. It also sends a signal to volunteers who have registered through the app who are located in close vicinity of the victim. In addition to this, if the red button is invoked, a distress signal will directly be sent to the nearest police station by using Maps API.
Even if its not an emergency, but a person feels alone or unsafe in a particular area, he/she can press the yellow button which basically warns the contacts that the person is not feeling safe and the location will also be shared with them.
Finally, a green button is implemented which will tell them that the person is currently safe and sound in his location.

Challenges we ran into

The major challenges were to integrate maps with our app and connect our database. We faced several errors while doing that but finally implemented. The other difficulty was to add our emergency contacts. The database connectivity was a bit difficult as we even faced some server errors. Even we ran a bit short of time or else we could have provided with some better functionalities and working of the app.