A basic single screen android application which shows most trending repositories from github using its public api.
- App fetches github trending repositories and displays in RecyclerView.
- App shows shimmer effect while data is being fetched from server.
- App has expanded recycler view where the items expand on single tap and collapse if expanded.
- 100% offline support. If data has been fetched once, then it will be served from db (Room).
- The cached data is only valid for 2 hours, after which data will be fetched again from server.
- Repository class where database serves as a single source of truth for data.
- Pull to refresh functionality to fetch updated data forcefully.
- Error cases handled and an error screen with retry button is shown in case of error.
- Sort by Stars and Sort by Names functionality for data sorting.
- App includes UI and unit testing using Junit4 and Espresso.
Based on MVVM architecture and repository pattern, where database serves as a single source of truth for data.
- Minimum SDK 19
- Java8
- Kotlin
- MVVM Architecture
- Android Architecture Components (LiveData, Lifecycle, ViewModel, Room Persistence Library, ConstraintLayout)
- Lifecycle-aware components
- Dagger 2 for dependency injection.
- Retrofit 2 for API integration.
- LiveData for data observation.
- ViewModels for data container.
- Room for data persistence.
- Gson for serialisation.
- Okhhtp3 for implementing interceptor, logging and mocking web server.
- Mockito for implementing unit test cases.
- Glide for image loading.
- A local database with Room that servers as a single source of truth for data to display on UI.
- A public github api for fetching data from server (https://github-trending-api.now.sh/repositories).
- A repository that works with the database and the api service, providing a unified data interface.
- A ViewModel that provides data specific for the UI.
- The UI, which shows a visual representation of the data in the ViewModel.
- UI testing using Espresso and mock server for activity and fragment.
- Unit Test cases for API service, Api Response, Database, Repository and ViewModel.
- data package containing classes related to api, response and repository.
- db package containing classes for local room database and dao.
- di package containing classes for dependency injection (modules, components).
- ui package containing classes for activity, fragments and adapter.
- viewmodel package for viewmodel classes.
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