SurveyAndroid

Android Surveys built from declarative definitions (JSON). Many question types, skip logic etc. It is based off of the iOS SurveyNative project, but currently supports only a subset of that functionality.

Install

Include the following line in your build.gradle dependencies:

implementation 'com.recoveryrecord:surveyandroid:2.2'

SurveyAndroid is now available from the mavenCentral respository for versions 2.1+. Previous versions will be available from jCenter() until Bintray is sunset on May 1, 2021.

Features

• Displays a single question at a time, but allow the user to scroll up to read and change previous answers.
• Takes input from a JSON file.
• Many supported question types, including single selection, multiple selection, single text field, segment choice, and single text area questions.
• Support for showing/hiding questions based on previous answers.

Features from iOS that are not yet built in Android

• Support for sub-questions.
• Several question types: year picker, date picker, multiple text field, dynamic label test field and table select.

Example Survey

JSON Input

Example JSON Input file

The expected input is an array of questions and a submit object, detailing how to submit the answers.

Keys used in Questions

Some keys are standard across all question types. Others are only present for some question types.

• id (String): Required. Used to key answer. Also used to check show/hide conditions.

• header (String): Optional. Displayed as section header.

• question (String): Required. Text to display for question.

• question_type (String): Required. The chosen type may require additional keys.

  • single_select screenshot | json
  • multi_select screenshot | json
  • single_text_field screenshot | json
  • single_text_area screenshot | json
  • segment_select screenshot | json

• show_if (Conditions): Optional. If not provided, the question will default to being shown. See the Structure for Show/Hide question below for more info.

The keys below are specific to certain question types.

• options (Array of Strings or Other object): Required for single_select and mult_select question_types. The Other object is a JSON object with a key for title. When selected, the user may enter text into a text field.

• label (String): Optional for single_text_field question type.

• input_type (String): Optional for the single_text_field question_type. Can be set to number to change the default keyboard to the number keyboard for the text field(s).

• max_chars (String): Options for single_text_field and single_text_area question_types. Determines the max number of characters the user may enter.

• validations (Array of Dictionaries): Optional for single_text_field and single_text_area question_types. Check value meets the validations when Next tapped. If not validationFailed(message: String) is called on your ValidationFailedDelegate. Validations consist of attributes:

  • operation
  • value or answer_to_question_id
  • on_fail_message

  Supported operations:

  • equals
  • not equals
  • greater than
  • greater than or equal to
  • less than
  • less than or equal to

• values (Array of String): Required for segment_select question_type. These are the values the user will choose between.

• low_tag (String): Optional for segment_select question_type. This is a label for the lowest (first) value.

• high_tag (String): Optional for segment_select question_type. This is a label for the highest (last) value.

Structure for Show/Hide question

Whether a question is shown or hidden is dependent on the show_if key. If the key is missing, the default is to show the question. Both simple conditions and decision trees are supported. The decision trees can contain other decision trees, so you can have fairly complicated logic. There is probably some limit to how far you can nest them.

Simple Condition Keys

• id (String): Required. This is the id for a question.

• subid (String): Optional. Not supported currently.

• operation (String): Required. Supported operations:

  • equals
  • not equals
  • greater than
  • greater than or equal to
  • less than
  • less than or equal to
  • contains
  • not contains

• value (Any): Required. This is the value to compare the answer to.

Decision Tree Keys

• operation (String): Required. Can be or or and. If you need a combination, you should be able to use nesting to get it.

• subconditions (Array of Simple Conditions or Decision Trees): Required.

Custom Conditions

If these options are inadequate, you can set a CustomConditionDelegate and use it to make the show/hide decision.

• ids (Array of Strings): Required. Must be non-empty. These are the ids for questions the your delegate needs the answers to in order to perform it's show/hide calculation. Your delegate will be called as soon as any of the questions are answered, so you may have nil data for one or more answers.

• operation (String): Required. Should be set to 'custom'.

• extra (Dictionary with String keys): Optional. This will be passed to the isConditionMet method of your CustomConditionDelegate.

Submit

The submit object (a peer to questions) requires only two keys, button_title and url. Both are required strings.

Question Type Examples

single_select

{
  "id": "ice_cream",
  "header": "Question 1",
  "question": "What is your favorite ice cream flavor?",
  "question_type": "single_select",
  "options": [
    "Strawberry",
    "Chocolate",
    "Vanilla",
    {
      "title": "Other",
      "type": "freeform"
    }
  ]
}

multi_select

{
  "id": "music_types",
  "header": "Question 6",
  "question": "What types of music do you like?",
  "question_type": "multi_select",
  "options": [
    "Pop",
    "Rock",
    "Rap",
    "Country",
    {
      "title": "Other",
      "type": "freeform"
    }
  ]
}

single_text_field

{
  "id": "age",
  "header": "Question 4",
  "question": "What is your current age in years?",
  "question_type": "single_text_field",
  "label": "Years",
  "input_type": "number",
  "max_chars": "2",
  "validations": [
    {
      "operation": "greater than",
      "value": 10,
      "on_fail_message": "Age must be at least 10"
    },
    {
      "operation": "less than",
      "value": 80,
      "on_fail_message": "You must be 80 or younger"
    }
  ]
}

single_text_area

    {
      "id": "perfect_day",
      "header": "Question 2",
      "question": "How would you describe your perfect day?",
      "question_type": "single_text_area"
    }

segment_select

{
  "id": "happiness",
  "header": "Question 8",
  "question": "How happy are you?",
  "question_type": "segment_select",
  "low_tag": "Not happy",
  "high_tag": "Super happy",
  "values": [
    "1",
    "2",
    "3",
    "4",
    "5",
    "6",
    "7"
  ]
}

add_text_field

{
  "id": "which_sports",
  "question": "Which sports do you like to play?",
  "question_type": "add_text_field",
  "input_type": "default",
  "show_if": {
     "id": "sports",
     "operation": "equals",
     "value": "Yes"
  }
}