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+# Shopit
+This shopping app is a task from HNG11 stage 1.
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+## Screenshots
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+|![Products screen](screenshots/products_screen.png)|![Checkout screen](screenshots/checkout_screen.png)|![Order Successful screen](screenshots/order_successful_screen.png)|
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+## Features
+* Shows list of products in a shop
+* Add/remove products to/from cart
+* Automatically sums up cart items and displays it in details
+* Checkout cart items
+
+## About
+
+* This project was built with only native funtionalities and components and no third-party library or plugins.
+* It has three screens:
+    * `Projects screen` shows a list of products/items (statically) in a shop.
+    * `Checkout screen` displays a checkout button and the products added to cart for checkout.
+    * `Order Successful screen` is displayed after checking out cart items.
+
+* Optimized apk to *1.8 MB*
+* Clean and Simple Material UI
+<br/>
+
+  ***Explore the virtualized demonstration of the release apk version [here](https://appetize.io/app/arrc6dg3fu5gxilmkmf2exgwui)***
+
+  ***Or you can install the apk from below 👇🏽***
+
+  [![Shopit App](https://img.shields.io/badge/Shopit-APK-red.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=android)](https://github.com/Nnamodi/Shopit/releases/latest/download/app.apk)
+
+## Build Instructions
+You can build the app via Android Studio, or by running the following command in your directory:
+
+    ./gradle <assembleDebug | assembleRelease>
+
+    You can then find the apk file in `shopit/app/build/outputs/apk`
+
+## Developed with
+* [Jetpack Compose](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose) - Jetpack Compose is Android’s recommended modern toolkit for building native UI.
+* [Material3](https://m3.material.io) - Google's latest design system with adaptable components and tools that support the best practices of user interface design for building beautiful apps.
+* [Kotlin Coroutine](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-overview.html) - For executing tasks asynchronously.
+* [ViewModel](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/viewmodel) - Stores UI-related data that isn't destroyed on UI changes.