sakethpathike / jetspacer

An Android client that merges multiple space-related APIs into a single, simple application. Built with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin.

JetSpacer

JetSpacer is an android client that merges multiple space-related APIs including NASA's APOD and Mars Rover's API into a single, simple application with a good UI.

• As this project is meant as a "client," you can change API keys within the app.

Tech Stack

• Kotlin - The app is completely written in Kotlin

• Jetpack Compose - Jetpack Compose is used to write the UI, making it a completely Jetpack Compose-based project

• Material 3 - Used for building the UI with existing components provided by the library

• Ktor-client - Used to make HTTP requests to the respective APIs

• Room - Used for local database

• Kotlin Coroutines - Used for managing background tasks

• Kotlin Flows - Used for handling asynchronous data streams

• Kotlinx Serialization - Used for deserializing API responses.

• Coil - Used for loading images and Architecture Components such as DataStore, Navigation, ViewModel are also used to make this app alive!

• "JetSpacer" uses the MVVM architecture concept to keep code organised and separate business logic from the UI.

Screenshots

Home Screen	Space Screen	News Screen

Bookmarks Screen

Other Screens

GitHub Releases

The latest stable release of JetSpacer is available on GitHub Releases. You can download the APK file from there; or click here

Known Issues

• Certain UI elements are not optimized for different screen sizes
• The UI implementation of the NASA video APOD Card requires improvement

Upcoming Updates

• Option to manually select the theme, instead of referring to system settings by default
• Improved user interface for better user experience
• Optimization of UI elements for different screen sizes
• Search and sorting options in bookmarks
• Caching wherever possible
• New UI for Bookmarks, Settings, News, Home Screen(s)
• New section for exploring few selected space related subreddit(s)
• Max usage of News-API (as of now, app only retrieves Top-Headlines)

Note: This project is in active development and new features and improvements will be added over time.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023 Saketh Pathike

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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SOFTWARE.

jetspacer's Issues

Click area for Picture of the Day is too small

It should be the entire image's description and not only the small chevron/arrow icon :)

IP-adress related info not loading

Not sure why, but the data/ui relating to the IP address is not loading. I'm on a ipv4 + ipv6 network, so I should have both available, but maybe it's having some issues relating to that? I tried both with my wifi and my mobile data.