Capstone-Project

Coolest space explorer project for hobbyists, researchers and visionaries. The android application helps users to search for Collision Approach data, Near Earth Object, Earth Plychromatic Imaging Camera, NASA database, Astronomical Picture of the day, Earth Imagery and pictures taken by Mars Rover on Mars.

Features

• Load CAD and NEO when app is loaded if network is available
• Share description of the content and the Android App
• Get a list of Mars Rover, Near Earth Object, Collision Approach Data, Search from NASA DB and EPIC
• Get Details of the item selected for general listing
• Landscape view and tablet view for general listing and detail
• Loading videos using Exoplayer for search and resuming not taking into consideration the orientation changes
• Widget for the APOD for the Android Application
• Notification Implementation using Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Analytics Implementation using Firebase Analytics
• Implementation of material design
• Espresso test
• JUnit Testing

How to use the source code

1. Download or clone the repository onto your local machine.
2. Open the project using Android Studio
3. Register in NASA Api and Generate API Key
4. Include API_KEY for NASA Api in gradle.properties
5. Register the application in Google Console
6. Enable Google Maps for android and generate API key
7. Import project in Firebase based on the Google project created using Google Console
8. Enable Firebase Cloud Messaging and Firebase Analytics for the application.
9. Downloaded the .json file and place it into the app directory
10. From the Google console place the generated API key within values google_maps_api.xml file
11. The google maps api key has to be present in the debug and release version
12. Rebuild the application
13. Run the application on Emulator or physical device using Android Studio

Note* Ensure your Google play services are at 11.0.2 version.

Libraries

• Glide
• Butterknife
• Rxjava 2
• Retrofit 2
• Gson
• Retrofit2 Rxjava2 adapter
• Logging interceptor
• ExoPlayer
• Schematic

Screenshots

Mobile devices

7 Inch Tablets

10 Inch Tablets

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Dilip Kumar

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