Flix

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

📝 ## Flix Part 2

(8pts) Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
(2pts) Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
- Video will always be a trailer from YouTube, never a different type of video or from a different site (no support). Otherwise, no video.

Implement a shared element transition when user clicks into the details of a movie (1 point).
Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected (1 point).
- When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 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.
Add a play icon overlay to popular movies to indicate that the movie can be played (1 point).
Apply data binding for views to help remove boilerplate code. (1 point)
Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)

My physical device does not have Google Play services and YouTube so that was a pain

Open-source libraries used

(10pts) User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.

(2pts) Views should be responsive for both landscape/portrait mode.
- (1pt) In portrait mode, the poster image, title, and movie overview is shown.
- (1pt) 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.
(2pts) Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
(2pts) Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.
- List of movies is sorted by title
(2pts) For popular movies (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars), the full backdrop image is displayed. Otherwise, a poster image, the movie title, and overview is listed. Use Heterogenous RecyclerViews and use different ViewHolder layout files for popular movies and less popular ones.