Week4 Project - Twitter client with fragments

[bmahule]

/cc @nesquena @timothy1ee

Hi Nathan,

This is Bhagyashri Mahule. I am kind of stuck at this point. I could not attend the last week class because of career fair. So I am probably unclear with few concepts. I am not sure how to navigate between two tabs. Right now I am using two listeners for two tabs. Not sure if this is the correct approach. Also, I am not able to load "mentions" time line on 2nd tab. I have the function in my code and also i am able to load the fragment dynamically on 2nd tab. But I am not getting how to link these two.

I know I am asking this at last minute. But I have been working on this project really hard since i am back in town. I hope you understand.

Can you please advice me on what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks, Bhagyashri

[nesquena]

Hey, thanks for writing me. Yes you missed a few important topics last week.

I am not sure how to navigate between two tabs. Right now I am using two listeners for two tabs. Not sure if this is the correct approach. Also, I am not able to load "mentions" time line on 2nd tab. I have the function in my code and also i am able to load the fragment dynamically on 2nd tab. But I am not getting how to link these two.

Have you watched the step by step videos Part 1 and Part 2? Also please check out the Tabs Cliffnotes. Also, Helpful Hints. With those resources you should be able to get the tabs working, can you look through them and compare it against your code. Reply back here and let me know if you need more help.

[bmahule]

/cc @nesquena @timothy1ee

Hi Nathan,

Thanks a lot for pointing me to the right video. I was looking at some different video. I still have to finish the last part where we are supposed to get the user info of each user by clicking at his profile picture. I will work on that asap.

Thanks, Bhagyashri

[nesquena]

I still have to finish the last part where we are supposed to get the user info of each user by clicking at his profile picture. I will work on that asap.

Great, please reply back here when required user stories are complete.

[bmahule]

/cc @nesquena @timothy1ee

Hi Nathan,

I am trying to get the user info but have not really gotten any success.. I have few questions. Can I ask them before class? I will try to finish this asap.

Thanks, Bhagyashri

[nesquena]

I'll give you an extension to Thursday, come see me after class so we can debug.

[nesquena]

Do you need any more help here? Hopefully you are all set to be able to submit this.

[bmahule]

Hi Nathan,

Thanks a lot for your help! I am submitting this assignment. All user stories are working. There are a few abstractions which I can do to improve my code. But the functionality is working so thought of submitting this and getting started with the next project.

Thanks, Bhagyashri

[bmahule]

/cc @nesquena @timothy1ee

Hi Nathan,

Modified some code. No new features from last checkins except the action bar color is customized. Mainly this revision is for good coding practices. At this point I am done with all the user stories for this project.

Thanks, Bhagyashri

[nesquena]

:+1: Project looks good. A few notes:

• In the future, definitely consider additional polish for the UI by reviewing the cloning a screen tutorial and Q&A and the drawables guide.
• For tabs, try following this approach for cleaner tab listeners and better memory management.
• Nice use of tag to setup the ability to click the profile image and view a user's profile (as we did in class)
• Consider adding endless scrolling pagination for all the different timelines (hint: add abstract method to the base fragment implemented within each subclass)

I have provided a detailed Project 4 Feedback Guide here which covers the most common issues with this submitted project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine how you might be able to improve your submission.

Let us know if you have any other thoughts or questions about this assignment. Hopefully you can see this coming together as a "fully fledged" twitter client with some more work and polish. This app contains all of the components now (fragments, models, networking, client, tab navigation, image loading, et al) of 90% of dynamic data-driven API client. Obviously there are lots of details and patterns to learn, but by this point you have been introduced to all the major frameworks and concepts. Hopefully you would feel fairly confident getting started making Android apps for instagram, pinterest, yardsale, flickr, using the same patterns.