s0oraj / scienceglass

A project which converts a WordPress blog called ScienceGlass into an android app.

ScienceGlass

A blogging application based on a WordPress Blog website called ScienceGlass.

Install & try the app: Download APK

Blog's Official Website: https://cosmos.home.blog/

• This app displays recent posts of the blog in its main ui screen.
• It fetches JSON Data by using Public API of WordPress.
• The JSON received is then extracted into relevant information and shown in the main user-interface of the app.

Screenshots

     

How this app works

• This android app displays recent posts of a WordPress Blog called ScienceGlass.
• It fetches JSON Data from WordPress Public API by using Volley library. Volley helps in fetching JSON data in a seperate background thread.
• After this, the recieved JSON data is being parsed in the main ui thread. After JSON parsing the data is shown to the main user-interface of the app.
• For displaying featured image of a post, Picasso library is used which takes image from url and loads it to the screen.
• And finally, Androids WebView library is used to convert html content into relevant data to be loaded on the screen.

Libraries used

• [Volley] (https://github.com/google/volley)
• [Picasso] (https://github.com/square/picasso)

Features

• Users can set the number of recent post they want to see. For example, if a user sets his preference to three posts then the user is only shown three recent posts from the ScienceGlass blog
• Swapping and Deleting of Data: Users can tap on a post and swipe right or left to remove it from screen. Users can also tap on a post hold on it and change its location by moving it up or down the list of available posts. Refresh button will restore all data back to its original configuration.
• Change layout: Users can customize what layout they want to see their posts in. Two layouts are provided: LinearLayout and GridLayout.

API Reference

Get a list of matching posts.

  GET /sites/$site/posts/

Method	URL	Requires authentication?
GET	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/posts/	No

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int string)	Site ID or domain

Our Website (to be replaced by $site) : https://cosmos.home.blog