Location Sensitive Browser App using MIT App Inventor for Blocking Social Media Websites in Educational Institutions

This paper introduces a Location sensitive browser in mobile phone which is designed and implemented to block social media web sites in classrooms and auditorium to help avoid distraction in educational institutes for students and teachers. This presents the design, development and implementation of Mobile App in ios and android device using MIT App inventor. The developed app detects the location of the device and enables or disables social media websites based on the location. The Browser App is tested in the campus of UTAS- AlMusanna at different locations. The App allows access to educational websites like MS Outlook and MS Teams at all locations but blocks social media websites like Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube inside classrooms and auditorium. This sample App is tested in the Electrical building, Mechanical Building, Auditorium, canteen and car parking space and the location sensor of mobile phone is reliable and consistent 90% of the time with the display of the latitude and longitude of the location.