Week 2 Assignment - Image Search

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[x] User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
[x] User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
[x] User can configure advanced search filters such as:
- Size (small, medium, large, extra-large)
- Color filter (black, blue, brown, gray, green, etc...)
- Type (faces, photo, clip art, line art)
- Site (espn.com)
[x] Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results
[x] User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
[x] User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
[x] Advanced: Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
[x] Advanced: Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
[x] Cleaned up the gridview, but kept it simple beyond that (Advanced: Improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring)
[x] Displays a toast if the internet is not available (Re: Advanced: Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures)
[x] Bonus: Use the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results
[ ] Advanced: User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
[ ] Bonus: User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view

Time spent: 12 hours