elchic00 / Flix

Flix movie app for android. Made with Java.

Flix

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

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Flix Part 1

User Stories

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

Notes

I got stuck loading the recyclerview dependencies in my gradle.build file. I ended up having to remove it manually.

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids

Flix Part 2

User Stories

• Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
• Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.

Notes

I had trouble installing youtube to the emulator, so I ran the app off my phone directly instead. I also missed a query to the api in my manifest.xml which was giving me an error when loading youtube.

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android

BONUS

• 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)

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• (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.

• (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.