PopularMoviesAdvance

In this project, I added more functionality to the app I built in Stage 1 by building on the detail view for each movie, allowing users to 'favorite' movies.

functionality in stage 2 project:

• allow users to view and play trailers (either in the youtube app or a web browser).

• allow users to read reviews of a selected movie.

• also allow users to mark a movie as a favorite in the details view by tapping a button (heart).

• make use of Android Architecture Components (Room, LiveData, ViewModel and Lifecycle) to create a robust an efficient application.

• create a database using Room to store the names and ids of the user's favorite movies (and optionally, the rest of the information needed to display their favorites collection while offline).

• modify the existing sorting criteria for the main view to include an additional pivot to show their favorites collection.

Recall from Stage 1, you built a UI that presented the user with a grid of movie posters, allowed users to change sort order, and presented a screen with additional information on the movie selected by the user:

Languages, libraries and tools used

• Java
• Android Support Libraries
• Picasso
• Butterknife
• Room
• Retrofit
• ViewModel and LiveData

How to build the app

1. Clone this repository in your local machine:

2. Open Android Studio and open the project from File > Open...

3. Get a developer API key from The Movie Database.

4. Then inside the gradle.properties file substitute API_KEY with your actual API key. Remember to not push your key to any public repository. API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"