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The aim of this thesis is to develop an application which will use the capabilities of an Android device to advance the current way of locating stray dogs. By using the final application, a user will be able to make a post about a stray dog that he located by declaring its characteristics and the area he found it. During the publish the latitude and longitude of the current location will be computed. Therefore, another user who might have lost it might use the application to look for the dog by specifying the area it got lost and come in contact by sharing their information within the app. At first, there will be a short introduction to the Android platform where some basic aspects will be explained about supporting many different Android versions in a better way. Subsequently, the libraries that helped me in the completion of the implementation will be outlined. Additionally, we will refer extensively to the MVP pattern and to real code samples I used in my application. Afterwards, it will be fully understood what Firebase offers, how it works and we will explain how data can be read and get written to the database. Finally, there will be a description of how the location can be tracked in an Android device explaining how each different technology works. The application's development will be described using a combination of these technologies for better results. The thesis will be finished by referring to some conclusions that arise during the development and possible future extensions that can be made