antonioolf / madskills-study

A study project to explore "MAD" technologies: ViewModel, Coroutines, StateFlow, ViewBinding, DataBinding, Retrofit, Picasso, RecyclerView, and Lifecycle-aware components.

Modern Android Development Study Project

Overview

This project aims to explore and study some modern Android development technologies and good practices. By building a simple application that fetches and displays a list of drum kits from a remote URL.

Technologies Used

• ViewModel: Manages UI-related data in a lifecycle-conscious way.
• Coroutines: Simplifies asynchronous programming, making the code more readable and efficient.
• StateFlow: A state-holder observable flow that emits updates to the UI.
• ViewBinding: Generates binding classes to interact with the views.
• DataBinding: Binds UI components in layouts to data sources in the app using a declarative format.
• Retrofit: A type-safe HTTP client for making API requests.
• Picasso: A powerful image downloading and caching library for Android.
• RecyclerView: A flexible and efficient view for displaying a large set of data.
• Lifecycle: Helps manage Android lifecycle-aware components.
• Kotlin: The programming language used to write the entire application, known for its modern features and interoperability with Java.

Prerequisites

• Android Studio 4.0 or higher
• Gradle 6.1.1 or higher
• Internet connection for fetching dependencies

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or issues, please feel free to create a pull request or open an issue on the repository.