Codepath assignment 2
This is an Android application which allows users to do image search using google and to select search filters and paginate results infinitely.
Time spent: 16 hours.
Completed user stories:
- Required: User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
- Required: User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results.
- Required: User can configure advanced search filters such as:
- Size (small, medium, large, extra-large)
- Color filter (black, blue, brown, gray, green, etc...)
- Type (faces, photo, clip art, line art)
- Site (espn.com)
- Required: Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results.
- Required: User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
- Required: User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
- Advanced: Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures.
- Advanced: Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
- Advanced: User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
- Advanced: Replaced Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay.
- Advanced: Improved the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring
- Bonus: Use the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results
- Bonus: User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
Libraries used : android-async-http-1.4.5.jar, picasso-2.3.4.jar, Stocard-StaggereGridViewLibrary, TouchImageView,actionbarsherlock.
Walkthrough of all user stories:
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