XYZ Reader

Udacity Grow with Google Android Developer Nanodegree Program

Overview

The task was to redesign an XYZ Reader app taking into account users feedback along with following the Material Design guidelines and translating a set of static design mocks to a living and breathing app. The starter code was taken from here.

Screenshots

How to work with the project

Just clone this repository or download as an archive and import in Android Studio.

Project Requirements

Required Behavior

• App uses the Design Support library and its provided widget types (FloatingActionButton, AppBarLayout, SnackBar, etc)
• App uses CoordinatorLayout for the main Activity
• App theme extends from AppCompat
• App uses an AppBar and associated Toolbars
• App provides a Floating Action Button for the most common action(s)
• App properly specifies elevations for app bars, FABs, and other elements specified in the Material Design specification
• App has a consistent color theme defined in styles.xml. Color theme does not impact usability of the app
• App provides sufficient space between text and surrounding elements
• App uses images that are high quality, specific, and full bleed
• App uses fonts that are either the Android defaults, are complementary, and aren't otherwise distracting
• App conforms to common standards found in the Android Nanodegree General Project Guidelines
• App utilizes stable release versions of all libraries, Gradle, and Android Studio

What have I learnt?

• Applying Material Design guidelines to a mobile application
• Separating an interface into surfaces
• Effectively using motion and transitions with shared elements
• Using CoordinatorLayout and CollapsingToolbarLayout
• Sharing FloatingActionButton across different Fragments

Libraries

• AndroidX previously known as 'Android support Library'
  • ConstraintLayout allows to create large and complex layouts
  • RecyclerView is a more advanced and flexible version of ListView
  • CardView
• Retrofit 2 type-safe HTTP client by Square, Inc.
• OkHttp an efficient HTTP client by Square, Inc.
• Gson helps with serialization/deserialization of Java Objects into JSON and back
• Picasso allows for hassle-free image loading

License

Copyright 2020 demur

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

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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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