Project 2 - FLixster

Flixster shows the latest movies currently playing in theaters. The app utilizes the Movie Database API to display images and basic information about these movies to the user.

Time spent: 23 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

User can scroll through current movies from the Movie Database API
Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
For each movie displayed, user can see the following details:
- Title, Poster Image, Overview (Portrait mode)
- Title, Backdrop Image, Overview (Landscape mode)
Allow user to view details of the movie including ratings and popularity within a separate activity

The following stretch features are implemented:

Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.
Apply rounded corners for the poster or background images using Glide transformations
Apply the popular View Binding annotation library to reduce boilerplate code.
Allow video trailers to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView from the details screen.

The following additional features are implemented:

Add a searchbar for user to search movies from the current list
Add the ability to sort movie list based on rating / release date
Add a customized library
- Create a storage class to store selected movies
- Create a separate activity to show library when requested
- Allow user to modify their library (add and delete movies)
Add the ability to authenticate user
- Add Login & Register activity
- Connect to Firebase to store users' information

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

In landscape mode:

GIF created with LiceCap.

Notes

This is the first time I've ever used database. Even though Firebase is user friendly, the experience as a whole is definitely challenging. I've also had a tough time exploring the toolbar and menu items, yet I'm glad that I finally got a general idea of how to deal with those things.

Open-source libraries usedI

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

License

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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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truonghh99 / Flixster