A read-only google image searcher that allow user to modify advanced search options and result pagination.
Time spent: 8 hours spent in total
Completed user stories:
- Required: User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
- Required: User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
- Required: User can configure advanced search filters such as: size, color, type and site.
- Required: Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results.
- Required: User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen.
- Required: User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
- Optional: Use the ActionBar SearchView or custom layout as the query box instead of an EditText.
- Optional: User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves.
- Optional: Robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures.
- Optional: Improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring.
- Stretch: Replace Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay.
- Stretch: Integrated the TouchImageView library to make user can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view.
- Stretch: Integrated the AndroidStaggeredGrid library to display visually interesting image results.
Walkthrough of all user stories:
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