coelhonunes / flixster

This app introduced Android Studio and linked data information through an Application Programming Interface (API)

Daniel Coelho

The following was learned in Unit 1 Project 1:

• How to create different screens for your app
• How to build the User Interface / layout for each screen
• How to show a list of similar items (each item has a movie image, title, and description)
• How to retrieve all the information needed to display all of this data.

Some follow up questions:

1. Is there a way you guys can update the video?
2. When there is a lot of importing, can you please go through that part first, to then start coding?

This was the first half to the application, which is going to be exploring Android development further with hands-on coding labs.

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Part II:

In this section, Flixster App got improved by doing the following:

• Passing data between screens
• Applying activity lifecycle
• Creating the layouts with fully defined constraints
• Adding primary actions in the app by using ActionBar or Toolbar
• Features that help with browsing and showcasing the movies trailers inside the app

flixster's Issues

Project Feedback!

👍 Nice work! The point of this homework was to get familiar with the Android intent navigation system. It also provided a chance to extend your Flicks app in new ways.

We have a detailed Project 2 Feedback Guide which covers the best practices for implementing this assignment. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine ways you might be able to improve your submission. While we won't be reviewing further revisions to this unit's submission anymore, you should consider going back and implementing these improvements as well.

If you have any particular questions about the assignment in general or on any of the feedback, feel free to post on the discussion forum.

If you have any technical questions about the project or concepts covered this week, post a question on our Discussions Forum and mark the question as type, "Curiosity". For general questions around grading scores email us at, [email protected].

Project Feedback!

👍 One of the most important part of these projects is that you add additional features and tweak the UI / UX because that will provide many more learning opportunities. I would encourage you to complete the projects each week with required stories early and then spend time adding your own UI elements and experimenting with optional extensions that will improve the user experience.

I have provided a detailed Project 1 Feedback Guide here which covers the most common issues with this submitted project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine how you could improve your submission. You should consider going back and implementing applicable feedback as well. Keep in mind that one of the most important parts of Android development is learning the correct patterns and conventions.

Hopefully this has given you a first sense of the RelativeLayout which is a very powerful layout system, probably one of the best responsive-first layout systems available across web and mobile platforms.

I would encourage you to also spend more time in future assignments improving the UI / UX as well by reviewing examples of good UI design.

If you have any particular questions about the assignment in general or on any of the feedback, post on the discussion forum or email us at [email protected].

Project Feedback!

Looks like you are missing the README for this assignment. The README helps us to make sure we don't miss any required or optional stories you have completed.

Make sure you have completed the following steps to completing your README:

1. Make sure you have the correct README for this assignment, go to the "Setup" section in Assignment Tab for the corresponding week in the course portal.
2. Please mark all implemented stories with an [x]
3. Add a link to your animated gif walkthrough to your README and make sure it renders (animates) when viewing the README.

Once completed, please push your updates, mark off all completed stories in your README, add your project walkthrough gif and submit your assignment again so we can regrade it.

Still confused about how to properly submit your assignment? Check out the Submitting Coursework for detailed instructions.

Whenever you make updates to your project that require re-grading, you need to re-submit your project using the submit button on the associated assignment page in the course portal. This will flag your project as “updated” on our end and we know to re-grade.

You should re-submit your assignment anytime you:

• Update a previously incomplete assignment
• Add optional and additional features to an already completed assignment

Project Feedback!

Looks like you are missing the README for this assignment. The README helps us to make sure we don't miss any required or optional stories you have completed.

Make sure you have completed the following steps to completing your README:

1. Make sure you have the correct README for this assignment, go to the "Setup" section in Assignment Tab for the corresponding week in the course portal.
2. Please mark all implemented stories with an [x]
3. Add a link to your animated gif walkthrough to your README and make sure it renders (animates) when viewing the README.

Once completed, please push your updates, mark off all completed stories in your README, add your project walkthrough gif and submit your assignment again so we can regrade it.

Still confused about how to properly submit your assignment? Check out the Submitting Coursework for detailed instructions.

Whenever you make updates to your project that require re-grading, you need to re-submit your project using the submit button on the associated assignment page in the course portal. This will flag your project as “updated” on our end and we know to re-grade.

You should re-submit your assignment anytime you:

• Update a previously incomplete assignment
• Add optional and additional features to an already completed assignment