Project 2 - New York Times Article Search

This is an android app that allows a user to search for images on web using simple filters. The app utilizes New York Times Search API.

Time spent: 12 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

[x] User can search for news article by specifying a query and launching a search. Search displays a grid of image results from the New York Times Search API.
[x] User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
[ ] User can configure advanced search filters such as:
- [x] Begin Date (using a date picker)
- [x] News desk values (Arts, Fashion & Style, Sports)
- [x] Sort order (oldest or newest)
[x] Subsequent searches have any filters applied to the search results
[x] User can tap on any image in results to see the full text of article full-screen
[x] User can scroll down to see more articles. The maximum number of articles is limited by the API search.

The following optional features are implemented:

[ ] Implements robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures
[x] Used the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
[x] User can share an article link to their friends or email it to themselves
[x] Replaced Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
[ ] Improved the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring

The following bonus features are implemented:

[x] Use the RecyclerView with the StaggeredGridLayoutManager to display improve the grid of image results
[ ] For different news articles that only have text or only have images, use Heterogenous Layouts with RecyclerView
[ ] Apply the popular Butterknife annotation library to reduce view boilerplate.
[x] Use Parcelable instead of Serializable using the popular Parceler library.
[ ] Leverage the popular GSON library to streamline the parsing of JSON data.
[x] Replace Picasso with Glide for more efficient image rendering.

The following additional features are implemented:

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

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