Need help... Total noob here - C++ or Other Android Development Languages

I have a very basic knowledge of C++. I studied it two years back and haven't practiced it since.
My college has an attendance page where students can log in and check their attendance. I want to develop an app that will log in to the attendance page and fetch the attendance of the students. I may also need to do some mathematical operations on this attendance data. Is it possible to make such an app? Is it too complex to make?
There's already an app (let's call this app 'A') that fetches and displays the attendance data but I want my app not just to simply fetch and display the attendance data, but to also perform certain mathematical operations using this data. If making an app that will log in to the attendance page and fetch the data is too complicated, is it possible to make an app that will use the data fetched by 'A' to perform mathematical functions?
Please help me out and bear with my curiosity. Thanks in advance

Depends on how app 'A' stores the data. If it is in a standard sqlite database or simple text file with a clear format then you can probably read it. If it uses some obscure file format then you might run into some trouble. Basically you will need to browse the file system of the phone and dig around for how app 'A' stores data.

Is it possible for you to let me know if I post the link to the app here? Then on the basis of the nature of the format, I'll ask my programmer friend to make the code.

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dakshay95 said:
I have a very basic knowledge of C++. I studied it two years back and haven't practiced it since.
My college has an attendance page where students can log in and check their attendance. I want to develop an app that will log in to the attendance page and fetch the attendance of the students. I may also need to do some mathematical operations on this attendance data. Is it possible to make such an app? Is it too complex to make?
There's already an app (let's call this app 'A') that fetches and displays the attendance data but I want my app not just to simply fetch and display the attendance data, but to also perform certain mathematical operations using this data. If making an app that will log in to the attendance page and fetch the data is too complicated, is it possible to make an app that will use the data fetched by 'A' to perform mathematical functions?
Please help me out and bear with my curiosity. Thanks in advance
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Well, I too have a very little knowledge in C++. Only messed with Console so far, so I'am not familiar with C++ in many ways.
This is my Opinion - As long as you are able to login there, I guess you can download whole page or it's with your logic to fetch data. So as long as you can fetch the data you want messing with the data is so easy. Even I have little knowledge of what you are going to do. I'm not familiar with 'web', but I'm pretty sure that u can find examaples if you do a "google". Anyway why won't you use C#?
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It seems I didn't realize your question. Seems like that you want to do your mathematical functions from an app other than app 'A'. As @CellCB mentioned above, you have to find where does that app store the data and in which format. ofc you can't do it if it's encrypted or like that.

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Hey everyone, I wanted to get more information on how to create User Login in an app, say I wanted my users to login with there google or Facebook account and me able to upload photos, where would the accounts and photos be stored?
I know obviously on my own servers but could anyone point in the right direction more reading material would be great.
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Their are a few ways to look at it.
1: How is the login suppose to function?
2: Client side or Server side?
3: The main login files are normally stored sever side.
4: What programming language and or crm are you using?
5: What ever your using for the base operation login would be where you will seek the help for that enviroment.
6: If you are logging in to anything.. Then you would go through a program you made or a web page viewed.
7: Are you trying to Api through apps to jack the login information to login to multiple places? Or one place?
8: Your question is good ,but you need to specify exactly what you want to do ,and the outcome.
9: Are you programing an apk app?
10: Are you making a ROM or ?
11: If you want a user to fly across from Google or Facebook then you would basically intercept the Api of the login and act as if your the actual program. That type of thing is Api related.
12: Every program has it's own programming and api calls and functions... Also special folders Vendor specific.....
Sorta like hacking the vendors api...
That would evolve into security protocols being tampered with. That's why they don't give out that information. But you could sniff the packets via a computer and send and receive responses and also do some reverse engineering on the Api.
Deep level stuff.
Not something people will just answer.
The answer is in the question please tell us from beginning to end what it is you want to accomplish.

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