Flix is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.
- (8pts) Expose details of movie (ratings using RatingBar, popularity, and synopsis) in a separate activity.
- (2pts) Allow video posts to be played in full-screen using the YouTubePlayerView.
- 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)
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The most challenging part was understanding how to prioritize the stretch stories. For example I started doing the data bindings story but then I figured that the rest of the stories were more related. Hence when I deleted myt code and pushed to Github I had many conflicts and issues that forced me to merge, at the end that broke my code. It would've been much easier if from the beginning I read all the stories first to plan out a execution strategy.
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android