📰 ACM News App

A Flutter-based news application developed for the App Development Team of ACM BPHC.
This app is being developed in two major phases with a focus on clean architecture, user experience, and performance.

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📸 Screenshots

📌 Project Phases

🚀 Phase 1: Core Functionality (No API)

• Multi-screen navigation using MaterialApp.routes
• News categories with horizontal chip filters
• Article cards with title, summary, and images
• WebView to open full articles in-app
• Bookmark functionality using Provider
• Persistent bookmark storage via SharedPreferences
• Light/Dark mode toggle with persistence

🌐 Phase 2: Live Integration

• Connect to real news API (e.g., NewsAPI, Inshorts clone)
• Fetch and display news dynamically
• Infinite scrolling / pagination
• Real-time bookmark syncing (optional Firebase)
• Filtering/sorting by date, source, or category
• Push notifications for trending headlines (optional)

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📂 Features

• 🔖 Bookmark your favorite articles
• 🌙 Dark mode toggle with persistence
• 🧭 Simple and intuitive navigation
• 💾 Local data storage (SharedPreferences)
• 🌐 WebView-based article reader
• 🔍 Category-based filtering

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Flutter
• Dart
• provider for state management
• shared_preferences for local persistence
• webview_flutter for in-app browsing

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📱 Screenshots (Coming Soon)

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📦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK (3.6.0 or later)
• Android Studio or VS Code
• Android/iOS emulator or real device

Setup

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/acm_news_app.git
cd acm_news_app
flutter pub get
flutter run