Place-Search-App(Android.ver)

• Trevel-n-Entertainment Search Android App using Google Places API

1. High Level Description

: This is the Android App version of "Place-Search-Web". The App that allows users to search for a place, look at information about it, save some as favorites and post on Twitter about the place. Once the user clicks on a button to serach for place details, the webpage should display several tabs which contain an info/ photos/ map/ route/ reviews respectively.

2. Skillsets

: Java, Android Studio : Google Maps API, Google Serch Nearby API, etc.

3. Code relationships

1. AndroidMenifest.xml
2. build.gradle
3. "places_search" folder: Java Code
   
   • (1) Adapeters
     
     • CustomRecyclerAdapter.java
       
     • SectionsPageAdapter.java
       
     • CustomPhotoAdapter.java
       
     • CustomListAdapterReview.java
       
     • CustomRecyclerAdapterFav.java
       
     • PlaceArrayAdapter.java
       
     • PlacesAutoAdapter.java
       
       
   • (2) main Fragments
     
     • MainActivity.java
       
     • SearchFragment.java
       
     • SearchTable.java
       
     • FavFragment.java
       
     • DetailActivity.java
       
     • InfoFragment.java
       
     • PhotosFragment.java
       
     • MapFragment.java
       
     • ReviewsFragment.java
       
       
   • (3) Object Classes
     
     • MyPlace.java
       
     • Reviews.java
       
     • Yelp.java
       
     
     
4. "res" folder : XML code mostly
   
   • (1) "drawable" for images
     
   • (2) "layout" for each fragment
     
   • (3) "values" > "arrays.xml" for the values of spinners
     

4. Demo and Details

• Runs on Nexus 5X API 27(Android 8.1.0, API 27) on Android Studio simulator

• For the full video: https://youtu.be/hJdGYt2Aop0

• The result table display upto 20 places and active the Previous/Next button if there are more pages

• A user can modify the start location with autocomplete service
  

• Info tab contains Address/ Phone Number/ Price Level/ Rating/ Google Page/ Webpage/ Website/ Hours
  

• Photos tab contains photos in 4 rows from the Google library

• HTTP request by Picasso () for asynchronously loading data and images into ImageViews

• Map tab contains Travel mode{Driving/Bicycling/Transit/Walking}

• Google Play services for getting the current lication
  

• Review tab displays the Google reviews and Yelp review of the place

• For Yelp, "Business Match" and "Business Reviews" APIs
  

• Favorite tab keeps the selected places and they could be deleted from the favorite list using HTML5 local storage
  

• Error handlings for searching, favorite list are applied

• A dynamic progress bar is displayed while data is being fetched