GroundUp_Insta2 is a photo sharing app similar to Instagram but using Parse as its backend.
Time spent: 8 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can view the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
- The user should switch between different tabs - viewing all posts (feed view), compose (capture photos form camera) and profile tabs (posts made) using fragments and a Bottom Navigation View. (2 points)
- User can pull to refresh the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
The following optional features are implemented:
- User sees app icon in home screen and styled bottom navigation view
- Style the feed to look like the real Instagram feed.
- User can load more posts once he or she reaches the bottom of the feed using infinite scrolling.
The following additional features are implemented:
- Spash screen created.
- Progress bar with time duration created.
- UI explored
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Challenges encountered while building the app:
- Version control issues.
- Kotlin Moshi issues.
- Gradle build issues with appcompat.
- Device connection issues.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android
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