jovicfelizardo/flickster

Flixster is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.

Flixster

Flixster is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.

Flix Part 2

User Stories

REQUIRED (10pts)

• (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.

BONUS

• 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 the popular ButterKnife annotation library to reduce view boilerplate. (1 point)
• Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)

App Walkthough GIF

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Notes

Learning how to host youtube within the app was eye opening.

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android

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Flix Part 1

User Stories

REQUIRED (10pts)

• (10pts) User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.

BONUS

• (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.

• (2pts) Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading

• (2pts) Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.

• (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.

App Walkthough GIF

Notes

I implemented a pop up for each movie that displays the movie review and rating. When implementing this component I had to think of creative ways of optaining the position of the movie that was clicked as well as the context in which I wanted the pop up to show. I also had trouble finding the right place to make an api GET request to obtain the review for each specific movie. After a lot of research and experimentation, I was able to implement it flawlessly!

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids