Week 2 Project: Grid Image Search

PhotoSeek is an android app that allows you to search for photos and share them.

Submitted by: Melody Truong

Time spent: 8 hours spent in total

Required User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• [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, color, type, site
• [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)

Additional User Stories

The following optional features are implemented:

• [x] Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
• [x] User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
• [x] Improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring
• [x] Use the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of the implemented user stories:

User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API

User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results

User can configure advanced search filters such as: size, color, type, site

Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results

User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen

User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)

User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves

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