someuser10/github-trending-repos

An Android App that lists the most trending repositories from Github.

Github Trending Repositories in Android

An Android App that lists the most trending repositories in Android from Github.

App Features

• Users can view the most trending repositories in Android from Github.
• Users can filter based on language.
• Users can share repositories they like.

App Architecture

Based on mvvm architecture and repository pattern.

The app includes the following main components:

• A local database that servers as a single source of truth for data presented to the user.
• A web api service.
• A repository that works with the database and the api service, providing a unified data interface.
• A ViewModel that provides data specific for the UI.
• The UI, which shows a visual representation of the data in the ViewModel.
• Unit Test cases for API service, Database, Repository and ViewModel.

App Packages

• data - contains
  • api - contains the api classes to make api calls to FreshlyPressed server, using Retrofit.
  • db - contains the db classes to cache network data.
  • repository - contains the repository classes, responsible for triggering api requests and saving the response in the database.
• di - contains dependency injection classes, using Dagger2.
• ui - contains classes needed to display Activity.
• util - contains classes needed for activity redirection, ui/ux animations.

App Specs

• Minimum SDK 16
• Java8 (in master branch) & Kotlin (in kotlin_support branch)
• MVVM Architecture
• Android Architecture Components (LiveData, Lifecycle, ViewModel, Room Persistence Library, ConstraintLayout)
• RxJava2 for implementing Observable pattern.
• Dagger 2 for dependency injection.
• Retrofit 2 for API integration.
• Gson for serialisation.
• Okhhtp3 for implementing interceptor, logging and mocking web server.
• Mockito for implementing unit test cases
• Picasso for image loading.