Popular Movies

It was the second project in the Android Developer Nanodegree, Udacity. I created it from scratch during the course. To try out the app download the it from release page.

I have edited it as recommended way to develop android apps kept changing, checkout commit 96ef37459369ef4295f561f6cfdb3d79c580e98f to see how it was when I submitted it and checkout branch legacy(java) to see earlier implementation using java.

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Features

Sort movies based on popularity or top rated
User can add movies to his favorites list and can remove them from the list
Favorite movies are shown without internet connection
Application shows the trailers and reviews of the movie, select the particular video thumbnail will show the video using Youtube app or any browser
Application has an option to share the first trailer link using social media

What does it do?

Movies are displayed in the main layout via a grid of their corresponding movie poster thumbnails
UI contains an element (i.e a spinner or settings menu) to toggle the sort order of the movies by: most popular, highest rated
Movie details layout contains title, release date, movie poster, vote average, and plot synopsis
When a user changes the sort criteria (“most popular, highest rated or favorites”) the main view gets updated correctly
Movie Details layout contains a section for displaying trailer videos and user reviews
In the movies detail screen, a user can tap a button to mark it as a Favorite. Tap the button on a favorite movie will remove it from favorites
Used room library, ViewModel and LiveData etc

Libraries and APIs used

Before you build