Parstagram is a photo sharing app similar to Instagram but using Parse as its backend.
Time spent: 10 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can view the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
- The user should switch between different tabs - viewing all posts (feed view), compose (capture photos form camera) and profile tabs (posts made) using fragments and a Bottom Navigation View. (2 points)
- User can pull to refresh the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
The following optional features are implemented:
- User sees app icon in home screen and styled bottom navigation view
- Style the feed to look like the real Instagram feed.
- User can load more posts once he or she reaches the bottom of the feed using infinite scrolling.
- Show the username and creation time for each post.
- User can tap a post to view post details, including timestamp and caption.
- User Profiles - [ ] Allow the logged in user to add a profile photo - [ ] Display the profile photo with each post - [ ] Tapping on a post's username or profile photo goes to that user's profile page and shows a grid view of the user's posts
- User can comment on a post and see all comments for each post in the post details screen.
- User can like a post and see number of likes for each post in the post details screen.
The following additional features are implemented:
- List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality!
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
I ran into some difficultly building up the various fragments and implementing the recylcer views. There were many features I did not add to this project due to time.
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can sign up to create a new account using Parse authentication.
- User can log in and log out of his or her account.
- The current signed in user is persisted across app restarts.
- User can take a photo, add a caption, and post it to "Instagram".
The following optional features are implemented:
- User sees app icon in home screen and styled bottom navigation view
- Style the feed to look like the real Instagram feed.
- After the user submits a new post, show an indeterminate progress bar while the post is being uploaded to Parse.
The following additional features are implemented:
- Added a placeholder image for when the user has yet to take a picture
- Setup a toolbar as the action bar for displaying instagram logo
- Improved layout of image and caption while posting
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
This part went relatively smoothly for me. The only difficulty I ran into was actually seeing the intermediate progress bar, as I believe the emulator is too fast for you to actually notice it. I tried playing with the emulator network speeds, but to no avail. Also, I did not bother with styling the main activity, as it will be updated in the next part.
Parse, Glide
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