sameeksha22 / flixter

Flixter App Assignment 1

Flixter

Flixter is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.

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Flixter Part 2

User Stories

• Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
• Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
• Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected.
  • When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 6 stars) the video should be played immediately.
  • Less popular videos rely on the detailed page should show an image preview that can initiate playing a YouTube video.
• Apply data binding for views to help remove boilerplate code.
• Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations.

App Walkthough GIF

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android

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Flixter Part 1

User Stories

• User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.
• Views should be responsive for both landscape/portrait mode.
  • In portrait mode, the poster image, title, and movie overview is shown.
  • In landscape mode, the rotated alternate layout should use the backdrop image instead and show the title and movie overview to the right of it.
• Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
• Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.

App Walkthough GIF

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids

flixter's Issues

Project Feedback!

Week 1

<img alt="+1" title="+1" src="/images/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png"}" style="vertical-align:middle" width="20" height="20" /> One of the most important part of these projects is that you add additional features and tweak the UI / UX because that will provide many more learning opportunities. I would encourage you to complete the projects each week with required stories early and then spend time adding your own UI elements and experimenting with optional extensions that will improve the user experience.

I have provided a detailed Project 1 Feedback Guide here which covers the most common issues with this submitted project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine how you could improve your submission. You should consider going back and implementing applicable feedback as well. Keep in mind that one of the most important parts of Android development is learning the correct patterns and conventions.

Hopefully this has given you a first sense of the RelativeLayout which is a very powerful layout system, probably one of the best responsive-first layout systems available across web and mobile platforms.

I would encourage you to also spend more time in future assignments improving the UI / UX as well by reviewing examples of good UI design.

If you have any particular questions about the assignment in general or on any of the feedback, post on the discussion forum or email us at [email protected].