Research & Article

Cultural heritage is a valuable thing. People in the community should be proud and preserved their culture for a long time. This research focuses on the design and development of mobile applications on the Android operating system. This research focuses on the design and development of mobile applications on the Android operating system for preserving the cultural heritage of the lower southern provinces of Thailand, such as Rong Ngeng, Sila, Mayong, Ba-nor. The objectives of this research are 1) to study the process of developing mobile applications on the Android operating system. 2) to design and develop mobile applications on the Android operating system for the dissemination of the cultural heritage of the lower southern provinces of Thailand. The research began with the study of mobile application development using SDLC, the Ionic framework was used for designing the user interface, the MySQLi database, JSON platform used for transmitting data, and XAMPP was used for webserver management tools. The research development process are 1) collect and categorize information on cultural heritage, and 2) design menus and user interfaces to be attractive, easy to use, quick, and reliable. The sample consisted of 35 people. The tools for testing research are 1) mobile applications on the Android operating system. 2) the questionnaire. The results showed that 1) the level of satisfaction with user interface design is very high (Mean = 4.24, S.D. = 0.59), and 2) satisfaction level of reliability and benefit is very high, (Mean = 4.11, S.D. = 0.67). The conclusion of the research shows that the development of mobile applications can be used for the conservation and dissemination of the Thai cultural heritage for a long time. These valuable things will not disappear from the community.