This is an Android image search client utilizing the Google Image Search API.
Time spent: ~20 hours spent in total
Checklist (Tasks that are not completed are IN PROGRESS):
- User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
- User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
- User can configure advanced search filters such as Size, Color, Type, Site, and Attribution Rights
- User's subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results
- User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
- User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
- Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures
- Use the ActionBar SearchView as the query box instead of an EditText
- User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
- Filter Settings Activity replaced with a lightweight modal overlay
- Improved user interface utilizing icons, 9 patch images, and transparency
- StaggeredGridView used to improve the grid of image results
- User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
External Libraries Used:
GIF created with Licecap.