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Hey Lily,

👍 solid work. A few notes after checking out the code:

• Good to see you were able to format the timestamp cleanly with relative time

• Remember that any non-view related work should be in a background thread or service. See this guide on AsyncTask or this guide on background services.

• Be sure that even though you used an ORM, that you also have an understanding of how to work with SQL not leveraging an ORM. In particular, take a look at this guide on SQLiteOpenHelper.

• Nicely done architecting the fragments (base class and extension classes) such that you put as much code and logic as possible in the base class and then used abstract methods to define only the specific behavior where they differ!

• This was the first assignment where we were intended to used fragments heavily to modularize our views and logic into re-usable components. Be sure to review how fragments fit into the application architecture as well as the proper guidelines for communicating with fragments. You might also want to refer to this guide for adding a side navigation drawer using fragments.

• This assignment was intended to act as a playground for trying different types of animations. Be sure to take a closer look at the different animation types and how they each work.

• Modern Android app development is largely about building beautiful and delightful user experiences. Be sure to check out the material design guide, the design support library for further details. In addition, you will continue to improve your understanding of building polished UIs as well as the Android design guidelines as you continue development.

Let us know if you have any other thoughts or questions about this assignment. Hopefully through completing this 3rd project, you now feel pretty comfortable with all the fundamentals of Android apps (Views, Activities, ActionBar, Navigation, Models, Authentication, API Communication, Persistence, et al) and can see how they all fit together.

With that in mind, there is a vast set of knowledge in becoming an Android expert that will take you a long time to digest more deeply. Refer to the extended topics list for a list of topics you will need to gain further understanding of in the near future.

I had a great time working with you all. Wish you luck going forward in your work on Android!