[Android Bootcamp] Project 1 - Review my app

[iampeke]

The base level of my app is complete and an additional level of extensions. I still hope to be able to add in the comments advanced feature before 10pm this evening but wanted to get this posted for your convenience in reviewing apps. Thanks! /cc @nesquena @thecodepath

[iampeke]

Added in the comments feature and the time since the post feature. Thanks! /cc @nesquena @thecodepath

[codepathreview]

👍 Great work, Rebecca. A few notes after checking out the code:

• Good layout, proper view naming, usage of sp/dp, margin and relative placement rules
• Good job on using DateUtils for showing Timestamps
• Consider use of the ViewHolder pattern in your adapter
• Consider initializing your objects only once (listview, adapters, etc) during onCreate() instead of fetchPopularPhotos();
• Excellent detailed Readme layout 👍 :)
• Consider implementing your JSON deserializing logic in your InstagramPhoto() object.
• Consider notifying the user with a Toast or any other way in the onFailure() of AsyncHttpClient()

One of the most important part of these projects is that you add additional features and tweak the UI / UX because that will provide many more learning opportunities. I would encourage you to continue completing the projects each week with required stories early and then spend time adding your own UI elements and experimenting with optional extensions that will improve the user experience.

We have provided a detailed Project 1 Feedback Guide here which covers the most common points we see for this project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine other ways you could improve your submission. You should consider going back and implementing applicable feedback as well. Keep in mind that one of the most important parts of Android development is learning the correct patterns and conventions.

Hopefully this first project has given you a better sense of working with RelativeLayout which is a very flexible layout system, probably one of the most powerful responsive-first layout systems available across web and mobile platforms. This assignment also gave us our first introduction to networking, working with APIs and loading remote images. The next assignment will introduce new concept such as accepting user input and navigating between activities but will also reinforce important concepts such as networking, using APIs, handling remote images.

If you have any particular questions about the assignment in general or on any of the feedback, feel free to reply here or email us support@thecodepath.com.

Best,
Prerak Trivedi

P.S. Good to see you properly added the README with features completed and GIFs to your project as described in the submitting assignments guide!