Now Playing shows the latest movies currently playing in theaters. The app utilizes the Movie Database API to display images and basic information about these movies to the user.
Time spent: HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can scroll through current movies from the Movie Database API
- Layout is optimized with the ViewHolder pattern.
- For each movie displayed, user can see the following details:
- Title, Poster Image, Overview (Portrait mode)
- Title, Backdrop Image, Overview (Landscape mode)
The following optional features are implemented:
- User can pull-to-refresh popular stream to get the latest movies.
- Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading.
- Improved the user interface through styling and coloring.
The following bonus features are implemented:
- Allow user to view details of the movie including ratings and popularity within a separate activity or dialog fragment.
- When viewing a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars) the video should show the full backdrop image as the layout. Uses Heterogenous ListViews or Heterogenous RecyclerView to show different layouts.
- Apply rounded corners for the poster or background images using Picasso transformations
The following additional features are implemented:
- Added progressbar for loading images
- Added maxlines 6 to textview of description
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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