TrendyArt

TrendyArt is an android application that allows the user to view beautiful art pieces. It was built for my final Capstone Stage 2 project, which is part of the Udacity Android Nanodegree

Screenshots

Set-Up

1. In order to run this app you will need to create an account at the Artsy API website: https://developers.artsy.net/.

2. Once you have created an account you will get a Client ID & Client Secret ID, which you need to get a token.

3. To obtain a Token, type the following in a terminal window:
   curl -v -X POST "https://api.artsy.net/api/tokens/xapp_token?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"

(NOTE:You will receive a token that will expire in 6 days.)

4. Place your TOKEN inside build.gradle

def apiToken = project.hasProperty('token') ? apiToken : (System.getenv('TOKEN') ?: "\"YOUR_TOKEN\"")

5. Place your Client ID and Client Secret inside file Utils.java

6. Place your Google Analytics Tracking ID inside file global_tracker.xml; To obtain a tracking ID follow these instructions: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/

Useful Resources

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/features#v7-palette

• https://github.com/square/retrofit

• https://github.com/square/picasso

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/

• https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife

• https://github.com/square/okhttp

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/room

• https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/paging/

• https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/ads/package-summary

• https://developer.android.com/training/material/palette-colors

• https://github.com/facebook/fresco

• https://github.com/tiagohm/MarkdownView

• Analytics:

• https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/analytics/package-summary

• https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v3/

• https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008080?hl=en

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1042508

• Google Play Services:

• https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

• Transitions:

• https://mikescamell.com/shared-element-transitions-part-1/

• http://yasirameen.com/2016/05/android-activity-transition/

• https://guides.codepath.com/android/shared-element-activity-transition

• https://factory.hr/blog/activity-animations-shared-element-transitions-demistified

• https://developer.android.com/training/transitions/start-activity#java

• https://willowtreeapps.com/ideas/material-world-animating-l-shared-view-activity-animations/

• https://www.androiddesignpatterns.com/2015/01/activity-fragment-shared-element-transitions-in-depth-part3a.html