ImageSearchApp

Project 2 - ImageSearchApp

Image Search App is an android app that allows a user to search for images on web using simple filters. The app utilizes Google Image Search API. Please note that API has been officially deprecated as of May 26, 2011.

Time spent: X hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

[x] User can search for images by specifying a query and launching a search. Search displays 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:
- [x] Size (small, medium, large, extra-large)
- [x] Color filter (black, blue, brown, gray, green, etc...)
- [x] Type (faces, photo, clip art, line art)
- [x] Site (espn.com)
[x] Subsequent searches 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 to see more images. The maximum number of images is 64 (limited by API).

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

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Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

Open-source libraries used

Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
Picasso - Image loading and caching library for Android

License

Copyright [2015] [Ritesh Sukhi]

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