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Simple Twitter Client

This is an Android application for the Simple Twitter Client using the Twitter API, the android-async-http library and the RestClientTemplate.

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Completed user stories in base project (SimpleTwitterClient):

• [x] User can sign into Twitter using OAuth login
• [x] User can view the tweets from their home timeline:
  • User is displayed the profile picture, username, name and body for each tweet
  • User is displayed the relative timestamp for each tweet
  • User can view more tweets as they scroll with infinte pagination (using page param)
• [x] User can compose a new tweet:
  • User can click a "Compose" icon in the Action Bar on the top right
  • User can then enter a new tweet and hit the Tweet button in the Action Bar on the top right; the user's tweet will be posted to Twitter.
  • User is then taken back to their home timeline where the new tweet shows up in their timeline!
• [x] A color theme for the Action Bar and App/Twitter logos was developed.

Walkthrough of base user story (SimpleTwitterClient):

Modifications to base user stories (SimpleTwitterClientPopUpAndCounter):

• [x] When user creates a new tweet, now instead of changing screens a tweet entry dialog pops up.
  • The user can see how many characters they have left to type until they hit Twitter's 140 character limit for a tweet.
  • The dialog will not allow the user to enter any more than 140 characters into the text entry field

Walkthrough of new features added to base user story (SimpleTwitterClientPopUpAndCounter):

Addition of Pull to Refresh to modifications to base user stories (SimpleTwitterClientPullToRefresh): Added Pull to Refresh feature using the third party library: chrisbanes/ActionBar-PullToRefresh

• [x] User can now pull to refresh tweets on their home timeline

Walkthrough of new pull to refresh feature (SimpleTwitterClientPullToRefresh):

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