Comics Checklist

This project is my first Android application published on Google Play store.
The idea behind this app is to provide a list of comics release (as far as possible): it simply scrape web pages for comics data.

You will find some code about listed libraries / framework / language:

Kotlin
Room
ViewModels
LiveData
DataBinding
jsoup
AppIntro
Android-job
Joda-Time
Reactive Extensions: RxJava and RxAndroid
DatePicker Timeline
Transitions Everywhere

Features

The project contains two screens: one showing a list of items and a detail view. The keys features are:

Download data from web
Show data on a list
Persist data after app is closed

Android UI composition

The UI of the app is composed by:

A main activity that handles navigation.
A detail activity, which is used only if app is running on device with a screen minor then 600dp available width or in portrait.
A fragment to display the list of items.
A fragment to display item details.
NavigationDrawer which show items available editors and options
BottomNavigationView which show menu options on bottom
SwipeRefreshLayout is used to launch a manual search
RecyclerView as list display (coupled with Android Architecture above)
CardView for a lovely sight and separation of content
SearchView widget for fast search on DB

Back office

This is a description of detailed operation developed so far:

The app use a service IntentService to search data from the web.
All data is stocked on SQL database (using Room, from Android Architecture Components).

Pattern used so far

The app uses:

Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern for the presentation layer: MVVM.
Repository pattern, which handle all communications with DAO.

Google Play Store description (italian only)

Con Comics Checklist potete consultare sul vostro smartphone tutte le uscite mensili delle seguenti case editrici presenti in Italia:

Panini Comics (che include Marvel e Planet Manga)
Star Comics
Sergio Bonelli
RW Edizioni

Inoltre è possibile:

annotare le uscite da comprare
filtrare le serie che preferite
inserire nel calendario un evento per ricordarvi l'uscita di un fumetto
impostare un pro-memoria tramite notifica push

L'applicazione richiede solo una connessione alle reti mobili / Wi-Fi, ma soprattutto non vi importuna con nessun banner pubblicitario!

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