Flickster shows the latest movies currently playing in theaters. The app utilizes the Movie Database API to display images and basic information about the films.
Time spent: 16 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can scroll through current movies from the Movie Database API
- Layout is optimized with the ViewHolder pattern.
- For each movie displayed, user can see the following details:
- Title, Poster Image, Overview (Portrait mode)
- Title, Backdrop Image, Overview (Landscape mode)
The following optional features are implemented:
- Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading.
The following bonus features are implemented:
- Allow user to view details of the movie including ratings and popularity within a separate activity or dialog fragment.
- Apply rounded corners for the poster or background images using Picasso transformations
The following additional features are implemented:
- Improved the style and UI
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
A challenge I faced was creating and placing a play icon over the movie image in the details activity. I successfully placed an icon over the image, but the background was not transparent. I will have to use photoshop to eliminate the icon's background.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Picasso - Image loading and caching library for Android
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