h397wang/android-chess-application

Basic 1v1 Chess Application for Android Mobile

Android-Chess-Application

Basic 1v1 Chess Application for Android Mobile

#Design Exercises basic software design patterns to create a two player chess application. Graphical user interface allows for several features:

• highlights the piece that was selected
• highlights the king when he is in check
• allows for unlimited undos
• saves and reloads the game state with fragment life cycle management
• reset button

#Results Pretty much fully functional. Current edgecase bug with detecting check mate situtations, caused by an interaction with the enemy pawn.

#Hindsight There was a lot of code repetition involved for the various types of chess pieces. A better use of inheritence would remove this effort. Toast messages could be more specific to indicate the type of error. Edge cases can probably be handled in a neater fashion, currently kind of a spaghetti monster. Good exercise for a first large scale coding project.

#Extensibility Highlight tiles available tiles where the current piece can move Create a single player mode with a pseudo AI