[Android Bootcamp] Project 2
This is an Android demo application for searching Google Images.
Time spent: 9 hours spent in total
Completed user stories:
- [x] Required: User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
- [x] Required: User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
- [x] Required: User can configure advanced search filters
- [x] Required: Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results
- [x] Required: User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
- [x] Required: User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
- [x] Optional: Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures
- [x] Optional: Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText
- [x] Optional: User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
- [x] Optional: Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
- [x] Optional: Improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring
- [x] Optional: Use the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results
- [x] Optional: User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
Walkthrough of user stories:
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