Flix-Android

📝 Table of Contents

• 📝 Table of Contents
• 🧐 About
• 🏁 Getting Started
• 🎈 Usage
• 🚀 Deployment
• ⛏️ Built Using

🧐 About

Flix is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.

🏁 Getting Started

This is a layout of the design process including user stories, features, and requirements of the application.

Open-source libraries used

• Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
• Glide - Image loading and caching library for Androids

Features

• User can view and scroll through a list of movies now playing in theaters with their movie posters.
• User can view the app on various device sizes and orientations.
• User can tap a cell to see more details about a particular movie.
• User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie.
• In the detail view, when the user taps the poster, a new screen is presented modally where they can view the trailer.
• Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
• Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
• App tested in simulator and on a real device in both landscape/portrait mode.

Concept (Mockups)

App Demo

🎈 Usage

These instructions will get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

• Install Android Studio on your computer.
• Clone the src to your environment.
• Intel HAXM & administrative access is required for simulator, alternatively connect an android device.

🚀 Deployment

• Source Hosted by GitHub.
• Works on PC or Mac.

⛏️ Built Using