An image searching application powered by the Google Image Search API
####Total time spent: 40 Hours
####User Stories:
- User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
- User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results.
- 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)
- Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results
- User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
- User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results
- Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures
- Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
- User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
- Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
- Use RecyclerView instead of ListView
- Use the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results (Used StaggeredGridLayout)
- User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
- Use custom layout themes and colors to polish the app
- Use activity and fragment transitions in the app
- Used the SnackBar to display internet down message. This can be hooked up to the wifi settings activity if required.
####Points to Note:
- Google’s image search API has been deprecated and hence this app can’t be used to perform more than 100 searches
- Need to rewrite this app to use the Flickr search API for a more robust experience
Libraries used: android-async-http-1.4.9, Glide-3.6, Mike Ortiz's TouchView, CardView-v7, jackson-2.0.1 and android-support-appcompat-v7.
####Demo:
