Android-NewsApp

Android App to display breaking news from Guardian and NYTimes

Table of Contents

1. Synopsis
2. Why
3. Installation Guide
4. Screenshots
5. Tech Stack of this Project
6. Contributing to Android-NewsApp

Synopsis

This project was completed as a part of my coursework for the course CSCI 571: Web Technologies at the University of Southern California, Spring 2020 under Prof. Marco Papa.

Why?

Problem: How in the world do you keep track of all hot:fire: news happening around? Way too many! It's like a Russian novel! Help! :astonished:

Solution: We stream the news you need and can add them to read-it-later list to read according to your convenience. We'll source, sort, summarize and quantify different news categories

• For people with goldfish memory, who can only keep 7±2 people in their heads at all times! 😬
• For people who're just too lazy for lookups! Sometimes you just want happenings at a glance! ⭐

Installation Guide

The app can be installed and tested in 5 steps:

1. Install Android Studio on your machine.
2. Create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in your Android Studio.
3. Clone the Android-NewsApp repo to your local machine.
4. Open the cloned local project in Android Studio.
5. Run the app.

Screenshots

HomePage displaying news and current weather

Detailed Version of news

Section-Wise News

Trending Chart

Bookmarking functionality

Search Results

Tech Stack of this Project:

• Front-end: Android(Java)
• Dependencies: Guardian News API , NYTimes News API, Twitter API, Facebook API, Trending API, Bing Autosuggest API

Contributing to Android-NewsApp

To contribute to Android-NewsApp, follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b <branch_name>.
3. Make your changes and commit them: git commit -m '<commit_message>'
4. Push to the original branch: git push origin https://github.com/Shraddha2104Android-NewsApp
5. Create the pull request.

Alternatively see the GitHub documentation on creating a pull request.

Here is a link to a video showing the complete functioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA5mbbbszp0&feature=youtu.be

Anything else?

Remember the rules!

It's not about:

• how good your code is,
• how novel the idea is, or
• how useful the project is.

It is about:

• Impressive: People's wows are on record!
• Design: Slick UI!!!
• Completion: No pending functionality, product works!
• Learning: GCP, CORS and auth are always tough!
• OSS practices: Plentiful commits, branches, PRs!
• Approved tech: Many projects integrated into one!

Developed by Shraddha Shaligram.