- (8pts) Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
- (2pts) Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
- Implemented shared element transitions to and from deatail view (1 point).
- Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected (1 point).
- When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars) the video should be played immediately.
- Less popular videos rely on the detailed page should show an image preview that can initiate playing a YouTube video.
- Add a play icon overlay to popular movies to indicate that the movie can be played (1 point).
- Added databinding to reduce view boilerplate. (1 point)
- Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)
The ratingBar would not show up properly on my Amazon Kindle FIre HD 8. I sent in a request and the supporter said it worked fine on other devices.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android## Flix Part 1
- (10pts) User can view a list of movies (title, poster image, and overview) currently playing in theaters from the Movie Database API.
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(2pts) Views should be responsive for both landscape/portrait mode.
- (1pt) In portrait mode, the poster image, title, and movie overview is shown.
- (1pt) In landscape mode, the rotated alternate layout should use the backdrop image instead and show the title and movie overview to the right of it.
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(2pts) Display a nice default placeholder graphic for each image during loading
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(2pts) Improved the user interface by experimenting with styling and coloring.
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(2pts) For popular movies (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars), the full backdrop image is displayed. Otherwise, a poster image, the movie title, and overview is listed. Use Heterogenous RecyclerViews and use different ViewHolder layout files for popular movies and less popular ones.
Again, I have a slow computer, so I spent a lot of time waiting. A big problem was that the walkthrough told me to contact the Configurations API on MovieDatabase's site to get picture widths, but did not explain how. I spent several hours trying different ways of doing so, and after fitting in all my logic could not figure out how to parse the JSON I stored in my file, using the libraries provided.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids