- (8pts) Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
- (2pts) Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
- Implement a shared element transition when user clicks into the details of a movie (1 point).
- Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected (1 point).
- When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars) the video should be played immediately.
- Less popular videos rely on the detailed page should show an image preview that can initiate playing a YouTube video.
- Add a play icon overlay to popular movies to indicate that the movie can be played (1 point).
- Apply data binding for views to help remove boilerplate code. (1 point)
- Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)
- Implement gathering of all movies that are showing in theaters
- Implement a user login
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- Researching and implementing the shared element transition proved to be challenging requiring refinement of understanding of the components involved
- Implementing the data binding for views was initially ambiguos and required further research before proceeding with implementation
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- (10pts) User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.
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(2pts) Views should be responsive for both landscape/portrait mode.
- (1pt) In portrait mode, the poster image, title, and movie overview is shown.
- (1pt) In landscape mode, the rotated alternate layout should use the backdrop image instead and show the title and movie overview to the right of it.
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(2pts) Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
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(2pts) Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.
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(2pts) For popular movies (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars), the full backdrop image is displayed. Otherwise, a poster image, the movie title, and overview is listed. Use Heterogenous RecyclerViews and use different ViewHolder layout files for popular movies and less popular ones.
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Implement deep scroll past the given 20 movies.
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Allow user to view details of the movie including ratings, genre and popularity in a seperate view.
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Create feature for viewing video trailers in both portrait or landscape mode.
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Create a feature for user account(basic info) and storing movies of interest
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Implement star rating display feature on itemized view:
- Portrait mode
- Landscape mode
- Still experiencing difficulties when configuring the stars to be properly displayed need to do a little bit more research into the rating bar widget
- Still experiencing issues with images not being displayed despite async client properly fetching image urls requiring inclusion of android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" in the android MANIFEST.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android