Completed Assignment

[jaytolentino]

Hi @nidhi1608 and @nesquena! I've finished the GridImageSearch assignment.

Implemented all the stories but looking for some feedback/resources on the robust error handling. For instance, I check for connectivity during the endless scroll loading, but if the network connectivity is lost then regained, images do not all load properly (see attached).

Let me know what you think!

[nidhi1608]

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

• Good layout, proper view naming, usage of sp/dp, margin and relative placement rules
• Good use of string resources for text values
• Nice to see you added the search box to the ActionBar!
• Good to see you used a filters object to represent the filters to apply to the query
• Nice job adding the share intent to the image detail view!
• Consider adding better input validation and user feedback if values are invalid or empty
• Consider adding progress bars to your app whenever a network request goes out
• Consider cleaning up your search activity such as re-using a single method for both initial load and pagination
• Properly used spinners (with populated values) to allow users to select filters

You can handle the changes in network state by creating your own BroadcastReceiver. Android provides a system service called ConnectivityManager that allows us to subscribe to notifications when network state is changed. Your BroadcastReceiver subscribes to network connectivity changes and will be notified whenever the network status changes. See this link for more details.

Also, here's a more detailed Feedback Guide which covers the most common issues with this submitted project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine how you could improve your submission.

The next assignment (Twitter Client) will be especially important since it introduces the majority of the remaining pieces necessary to build a fully functional API client with complex feeds of data and user creation.