CodePath SF Week 2 - Robert Karl - Google Image Search
Download RK Image Search on the Google Play Store.
Time
~25 hours
User Stories
- 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, and site
- 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)
Optionals
- Error handling: display an error screen on the results page. Retry with exponential backoff and disable the error state when connection returns.
- Use the ActionBar SearchView as the query box (added this to the side nav)
- User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
- Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
- Improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring (some lightweight styling done)
- Use the StaggeredGridView. Implemented this but did not get good results. Poor scroll performance with SmartImageView.
- User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
Extra
- Add side navigation with history. Allow editing history.
GIF Walkthrough
Test Plan
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Run a search with internet disabled. Error state should be displayed.
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Re-enable internet.
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Error state should disappear.
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Run a search that returns zero results, like "asdfasdfqqqqewrt"
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Empty state view should appear.
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Run a search that returns results. expected result results should appear and empty state disappears.