Flixster

Pre-work - Flixster

Flixster is an android app that allows users to view movies and learn about their synopses in a scrollable list. After clicking on a particular movie, users can also learn more details about a particular movie, like its release date and rating, as well as access the video trailer from YouTube.

Submitted by: Claudia Wu

Time spent: 12 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• [x] User can scroll through movies from the list on the welcome page

The following additional features are implemented:

• [x] User can tap a movie item in the list and bring up an additional screen for the movie item to view extra details about the movie item
• [x] User can view the movie poster in the portrait mode and the movie backdrop in the landscape mode
• [x] Optimized list adapters for performance with the ViewHolder pattern
• [x] Displays default image during loading
• [x] Allows user to access the trailer for the movie from YouTube

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

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Notes

Challenges:

• Using the Movie API to get certain details about the movie, like its rating, backdrop path, and poster path, then trying to apply it in the actual page view
• Learning how to use Picasso to load different images for when the app is in portrait or landscape mode
• Integrating additional design features to improve some features that did not work before and overlaying new features on top of old ones for further improvement
• Making use of the YouTubePlayerView and creating an Intent for when users click on a movie backdrop in the details page to stream its trailer from YouTube

License

Copyright 2016 Claudia Wu

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