Flix is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.
- (8pts) Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
- (2pts) Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
- Implement a shared element transition when user clicks into the details of a movie (1 point).
- Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected (1 point).
- When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars) the video should be played immediately.
- Less popular videos rely on the detailed page should show an image preview that can initiate playing a YouTube video.
- Add a play icon overlay to popular movies to indicate that the movie can be played (1 point).
- Apply data binding for views to help remove boilerplate code. (1 point)
- Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)
For the part where we added the youtube library to our project, I wasn't able to directly paste the .jar file like was shown in the video. I pasted the file in the appropriate folder through the file explorer and it was fine. After that, I thought I was having a problem with importing the library, but I was just messing up capitalization in "youTube".
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android
- (10pts) User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.
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(2pts) Views should be responsive for both landscape/portrait mode.
- (1pt) In portrait mode, the poster image, title, and movie overview is shown.
- (1pt) In landscape mode, the rotated alternate layout should use the backdrop image instead and show the title and movie overview to the right of it.
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(2pts) Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
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(2pts) Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.
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(2pts) For popular movies (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars), the full backdrop image is displayed. Otherwise, a poster image, the movie title, and overview is listed. Use Heterogenous RecyclerViews and use different ViewHolder layout files for popular movies and less popular ones.
When I was at the step where we used the debugger for "onSuccess" or "onFailure" I was getting an error that was making my program land in the "onFailure" state. I re-watched the video to make sure I did everything properly and did some other troubleshooting. It turns out that everything was fine, but I had to uninstall the app on the emulator to fix whatever happened. I also had an issue where I was using the wrong Github repository and I ended up messing up all my file placements. I resolved this by moving all my code to a new project and pushing that instead.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids