New York Times Article Search

• Android Codepath
• Assignment 2
• Due Sunday, February 14, 2016

This application retrieves popular photos from Instagram and displays them to the user in a similar interface as the real Instagram app.

Time spent: 13 hours

Completed user stories:

• User can enter a search query that will display a grid of news articles using the thumbnail and headline from the New York Times Search API. (3 points)
• User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results. (3 points)
• User can configure advanced search filters such as: (points included above)
• Begin Date (using a date picker)
• News desk values (Arts, Fashion & Style, Sports)
• Sort order (oldest or newest)
• Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results. (1 point)
• User can tap on any article in results to view the contents in an embedded browser. (2 points)
• User can scroll down "infinitely" to continue loading more news articles. The maximum number of articles is limited by the API search. (1 point)
• Advanced: Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures. (1 point)
• Advanced: Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText. (1 point)
• Advanced: User can share a link to their friends or email it to themselves. (1 point)
• Advanced: Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay. (2 points)
• Bonus: Use the RecyclerView with the StaggeredGridLayoutManager to display improve the grid of image results (see Picasso guide too). (2 points)
• Bonus: Apply the popular ButterKnife annotation library to reduce view boilerplate. (1 point)
• Bonus: Add filter icon and indicate that filters are selected by tinting it in red.

Walkthrough of all user stories:

GIF created with LiceCap.