syednoorullahshah / goodreads

A book reading android app that gives users the automatic access to all of the free books provided by Google Books and uses Google Books API as the back-end.

Good Reads

About this project

Good Reads is a book reading android app that gives users the automatic access to all of the free books provided by Google Books and uses Google Books API as the back-end. Users can also access and add books to their google books library bookshelves (i.e Favourites, To Read, Have Read, etc)

Built using

• Tools: Android SDK
• IDE: Android Studio
• Language: Java
• Architecture: MVVM
• API: Google Books API

Libraries

• Database: Room
• Networking: Android SDK native networking libraries
• User Authentication: Google Sign-in
• User Authorization: Android SDK's AccountManager
• Image loading: Picasso
• Download managing: PRDownloader
• PDF viewing: AndroidPDF

App Functionalities

The user can:-

• Search and browse through the list of free books that match a given query on Google Books.
• View information about a book (i.e book details, view the book online) and add it to your google books library bookshelves.
• Download books whose PDF is available and read offline
• Have access to his google books library bookshelves (i.e Favourites, To Read, Have Read, etc)

App Demo

The demo/flow of the app can be seen in my video