By integrate the api endpoints from CurrencyLayer , this repository has been created as the practice Android project in Kotlin, the following features also prepared in this implementation
The grid table for display the different currency rates
The dropdown menu for switch the standard currency type
The input box for input the target price, which will reflect on the price value of the currency cells in the grid table
In every 30-min, the app will automatically refresh the currency data
Setup
Make sure you have the latest version of the Android Studio and the Android SDK in your machine
Because we fetch the currency rate data fron CurrencyLayer api, go through the following steps before you start compile the code
Prepare the access token from CurrencyLayer ( the token from free plan is OK )
Make sure your CurrencyLayer access token been placed in ${the project path}/local.properties as the following line
Like the other Android projects, you can generate your build via AndroidStudio IDE
For generate the debug build, find [Build] -> [Build Bundle(s) / APK(s)] -> [Build APK(s)] and wait for the popup tells you where you can find the generated build
If you prefer to use the cmd line to generate the build:
In the console, first execute cd ${project path} to move to the project folder
In order to generate debug build , execute ./gradlew assembleDebug
If success, you can find the bulild in the folder ${project path}/app/build/outputs/apk/debug , you will the file app-debug.apk as the generated build
