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Unit 2 Project: Flixster - Part 2

Overview: This project builds off last week's project to view information from The Movie Database API. The user can tap on any list element in order to see more details about the movie selected.

Video Walkthrough: Start with this video walkthrough to complete a basic version of this assignment.

Submission Tips:

  • Make sure you are adding and committing files in git as you complete features and milestones.
  • Be sure to include a README containing a GIF walkthrough of your app.
  • Use this README template in order to have a complete README.

Introduction: the fundamental concepts this week are around activities and the intent system.

User Stories

A user story is a way to capture requirements for an app from an end-user perspective.
It is a common practice in app development and helps to simplify the way requirements are specified.

Required Stories

Stretch Stories

  • Implement a shared element transition when user clicks into the details of a movie (1 point)
  • Trailers for popular movies are played automatically when the movie is selected (1 point).
    • When clicking on a popular movie (i.e. a movie voted for more than 5 stars) the video should be played immediately.
    • Less popular videos rely on the detailed page should show an image preview that can initiate playing a YouTube video.
  • Add a play icon overlay to popular movies to indicate that the movie can be played (1 point).
  • Apply data binding for views to help remove boilerplate code. (1 point)
  • Add a rounded corners for the images using the Glide transformations. (1 point)

Check the Project 1 Tips Guide to troubleshoot problems or get hints.

Submitting Assignments: Submitted through GitHub, check out the [[Submitting Assignments|Submitting Assignments]] page for more details.

Mockups:

A very basic version of having a detail activity which plays the trailer:

Image Not Showing Possible Reasons
  • The image file may be corrupted
  • The server hosting the image is unavailable
  • The image path is incorrect
  • The image format is not supported
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A simplified detail view could look like this (yours should have more details):

Image Not Showing Possible Reasons
  • The image file may be corrupted
  • The server hosting the image is unavailable
  • The image path is incorrect
  • The image format is not supported
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Cliffnotes:

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Unit 7 Lab - Using Google Maps API

Challenge This week we will be learning how to add Google Maps to your application. You'll be able to render a Google Map view, add icons to the app, and add alert dialogs and windows to a Google Maps view. If you are using the default x86-based emulator instead, make sure your virtual device comes with Google APIs and Google Play support as mentioned in this guide. The most complicated part of this assignment will be setting up Google Maps on your phone. Steps Obtain a Google Maps API key Follow register for an API key guide.

Dec 18, 2020
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:::warning 📬 Submit this assignment by Saturday, December 26th using the Submit button 👉 ::: Unit 6 Project: Build Instagram from the Ground Up - Part 2 Overview In this assignment, we'll be building Instagram from the ground up. Instead of using the Instagram API, we'll be building our own backend using Parse. By the end of the assignment, you'll have your own Instagram app that talks to your own Parse backend. Check out the Helpful Hints Section below for troubleshooting or tips.

Dec 17, 2020
Unit 5 Project: Build Instagram from the Ground Up - Part 1

:::warning 📬 Submit this assignment by Friday, December 11 at 11:59pm IST by emailing your GitHub repository link to submissions@ontraq.org 👉 ::: Overview In this assignment, we'll be building Instagram from the ground up. Instead of using the Instagram API, we'll be building our own backend using Parse. By the end of the assignment, you'll have your own Instagram app that talks to your own Parse backend. Video playlist Assignment intro

Dec 9, 2020
Unit 5 Lab Exercises

Challenge There will be about 90 minutes allotted for this lab. The goal of this lab is to build a chat application using Parse as a back-end. You'll mostly be building the chat application and leveraging an existing Parse server. For more context, checkout the lab overview video. For a step-by-step guide for this challenge, check out the building a chat client cliffnotes. Below is the final output: ![Chat App|250](https://i.imgur.com/v8R5LyU.png =300x) Reminders for this challenge: Double-check that the correct parse keys are properly specified within the Parse initialize call

Dec 2, 2020
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