About this app

Starz is a powerful communication platform to deliver an outstanding school experience to all the stakeholders of a school including the teachers, the parents and the students. The system allows the app users to receive alerts, newsletters and updates from the school using push notification. Besides the messaging, the Starz app can be integrated with school’s ERP system to provide real-time access to school calendar, time table, attendance, daily homework, online fee payment, transportation, grades etc.
The Push Notifications is implemented using different messaging servers. For Android, we used the GCM Server, for iPhone we have used the APNS Server and for Windows Phone, we have used the MPNS Server. The App is very simple and easy to use. The back-end system can run either on school’s server or alternatively Starz's servers.

Key Features:
- Ability to add profiles of the children studying or the school staff or a mix of both
- Ability to receive notifications for the alerts, newsletters and updates sent by the school
- Send and receive one-way mass messages / personalized messages to targeted recipient group (s) / individual(s)
- Ability to view the message details on clicking each message header
- Integration with School’s information system can be implemented using single Sign-on
- Real-time access to all related school information system data depending on the user & the access credentials (users include parent, staff and parents who are staff as well)
- Maintain a history of all the messages received from the school
- Track message delivery and have incorporated intelligence to take appropriate action
- Access all parent, student and staff contact information
- Ability to integrate location tracking information for schools using GPS tracking devices on their school buses

App Permissions

Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to read from external storage.