Movies Project (Stage 2)

Project overview

In this project, the Movies app shows a grid of movies sorted by either popularity, rating, or favorites.

Note: the app grabs only the first page of the results json file (~20 movies). The requirements did not mention whether more should be retrieved.

Project details

The app will (by using themoviedb.org API):

• Upon launch, present the user with an grid arrangement of movie posters.

• Allow your user to change sort order via a setting:

  • The sort order can be by most popular, by top rated or favorites stored using Room.

• Allow the user to tap on a movie poster and transition to a details screen with additional information such as:

  • original title
  • movie poster image thumbnail
    • Picasso will be used for this
  • A plot synopsis (called overview in the api)
  • user rating (called vote_average in the api)
  • release date
  • carousel of trailers
  • list of reviews

How was this project completed?

More details can be found here: Popular Movies App Implementation Guide

IMPORTANT notes about how to use the API key

Create file "keys.xml" in the 'values' folder and add the following key to it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <resources>
   <string name="moviedb_api_key">api_key_goes_here</string>
   <string name="youtube_api_key">api_key_goes_here</string>
   ...
</resources>

Some screenshots:

Potential improvements:

Endless scrolling

Resources used:

• https://icons8.com/icon/set/not%20connected/material
• Stackoverflow when stuck with Retrofit, adapters, deserialization, etc.