RedAlert was developed by volunteers to provide real-time emergency alerts for Israeli citizens.
The app relays real-time safety alerts published by the Home Front Command (Pikud Haoref) using the pikud-haoref-api Node.js package.
- 3,000,000+ downloads
- Published by Geektime as the fastest rocket alert app
- Featured by the Israeli government on their Google+ page
- Ranked 1st place on Google Play's Top Free in Israel for 4 weeks during Operation Protective Edge
- Won 2nd place in the Ford SYNC AppLink TLV hackathon for integrating the app with Ford cars
- Speed & reliability - alerts are received before / during the official siren thanks to dedicated notification servers
- Location-based alerts - receive emergency alerts on the move in addition to city / region selection
- Threat types - receive alerts about rocket fire, hostile aircraft intrusion, terrorist infiltration, and more
- Alert history - see the list of recent alerts, their location, and time of day (in your local time)
- Connectivity test - check, at any time, whether your device is able to receive alerts via the "self-test" option
- Sound selection - choose from 15 unique sounds for alerts or choose a custom sound
- Silent mode override - the application will override silent / vibrate mode to sound alerts
- Vibration - your phone will vibrate in addition to playing the selected alert sound
- Area selection - select preferred alert cities / regions by searching for them
- Countdown - alerts will display the estimated time until impact
- I'm safe - let your friends and family know you are safe by sending an "I'm safe" message via the app
- Localization - the app has been translated to multiple languages (Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, and German)
- Android SDK
- Android Studio with Gradle Plugin
- A physical device to test on (recommended) running Android 2.3+ with Google APIs (optional)
- If you find a bug or wish to make some kind of change, please create an issue first
- Make your commits as tiny as possible - one feature or bugfix at a time
- Write detailed commit messages, in-line with the project's commit naming conventions
- Make sure your code conventions are in-line with the project
The application was developed by volunteers to protect Israeli citizens. Your donation is greatly appreciated.
- Thanks to Ilana Badner for the Russian translation
- Thanks to Rodolphe Moulin for the French translation
- Thanks to Matteo Villosio for the Italian translation
- Thanks to David Halbani for the German translation
- Thanks to Nathan Allenberg and Noam Hashmonai for the Spanish translation
- Thanks to Eden Glant for the "Siren 1" and "Siren 2" sounds
- Thanks to the developers of the Tzofar app for the map polygon data
Apache 2.0