Instagram-Clone is a photo sharing app similar to Instagram but using Parse as its backend.
Time spent: 32 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.
- Show the username and creation time for each post.
- User can tap a post to view post details, including timestamp and caption.
- User Profiles - [ ] Allow the logged in user to add a profile photo - [ ] Display the profile photo with each post - [ ] Tapping on a post's username or profile photo goes to that user's profile page and shows a grid view of the user's posts
- User can comment on a post and see all comments for each post in the post details screen.
- User can like a post and see number of likes for each post in the post details screen.
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android
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The following required functionality is completed:
- User can sign up to create a new account using Parse authentication.
- User can log in and log out of his or her account.
- The current signed in user is persisted across app restarts.
- User can take a photo, add a caption, and post it 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.
- After the user submits a new post, show an indeterminate progress bar while the post is being uploaded to Parse.
The following additional features are implemented:
- Compress submitted photos down as much as 30 to 60 kb for faster uploading/downloading speeds as well as conserving file storage for the database
- Added safety measures to make sure users dont upload the same photo twice by accident
- Incorporated a Bottom Navigation Bar with fragments for navigating faster inside the app
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
Some of the note worthy and fun challenges i faced while making this app was finding the sweet spot where I can compress the photo just enough to look good and make the server happy that there arent any big requests.
I also noticed when you doule clicked on a button you can accidently sumbit a request twice if there isnt anything stopping you from doing so, so decided to make my own little switch that desactivates buttons until they are ready to be pressed again
So far the only big challenge is creating and managing icons and drawables. My gosh they are so annoying when they dont come out the way you want them too. I still need to tweek some images due to them not looking that good in the app bar.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android
Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.