kdrosado / TrendyArt

TrendyArt is an android application that allows the user to view beautiful art pieces

TrendyArt

TrendyArt is an android application that allows the user to view beautiful art pieces. It was built for my final Capstone Stage 2 project, which is part of the Udacity Android Nanodegree

Screenshots

Set-Up

1. In order to run this app you will need to create an account at the Artsy API website: https://developers.artsy.net/.

2. Once you have created an account you will get a Client ID & Client Secret ID, which you need to get a token.

3. To obtain a Token, type the following in a terminal window:
   curl -v -X POST "https://api.artsy.net/api/tokens/xapp_token?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"

(NOTE:You will receive a token that will expire in 6 days.)

4. Place your TOKEN inside build.gradle

def apiToken = project.hasProperty('token') ? apiToken : (System.getenv('TOKEN') ?: "\"YOUR_TOKEN\"")

5. Place your Client ID and Client Secret inside file Utils.java

6. Place your Google Analytics Tracking ID inside file global_tracker.xml; To obtain a tracking ID follow these instructions: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/

Useful Resources

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/features#v7-palette

• https://github.com/square/retrofit

• https://github.com/square/picasso

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/

• https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife

• https://github.com/square/okhttp

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/room

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/paging/

• https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/ads/package-summary

• https://developer.android.com/training/material/palette-colors

• https://github.com/facebook/fresco

• https://github.com/tiagohm/MarkdownView

• Analytics:

• https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/analytics/package-summary

• https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v3/

• https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008080?hl=en

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1042508

• Google Play Services:

• https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

• Transitions:

• https://mikescamell.com/shared-element-transitions-part-1/

• http://yasirameen.com/2016/05/android-activity-transition/

• https://guides.codepath.com/android/shared-element-activity-transition

• https://factory.hr/blog/activity-animations-shared-element-transitions-demistified

• https://developer.android.com/training/transitions/start-activity#java

• https://willowtreeapps.com/ideas/material-world-animating-l-shared-view-activity-animations/

• https://www.androiddesignpatterns.com/2015/01/activity-fragment-shared-element-transitions-in-depth-part3a.html