CodePath Week 2 Project
GridImageSearch Android App Readme
Objective of this project is to display Google Image search results in a grid view with infinite scrolling
Time spent: 16-18 hours spent in total Completed user stories:
Required: User can enter a search query that will display a grid of image results from the Google Image API.
Required: User can click on "settings" which allows selection of advanced search options to filter results
Required: User can configure advanced search filters such as:
Size (small, medium, large, extra-large)
Color filter (black, blue, brown, gray, green, etc...)
Type (faces, photo, clip art, line art)
Site (espn.com)
Required: Subsequent searches will have any filters applied to the search results
Required: User can tap on any image in results to see the image full-screen
Required: User can scroll down “infinitely” to continue loading more image results (up to 8 pages)
Advanced: Did some error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failure
Advanced: Used the ActionBar SearchView as the query box instead of an EditText
Advanced: Replaced Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
Advanced: User can share an image to their friends or email it to themselves
Advanced: Tried to improve the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring
Bonus: Used the StaggeredGridView to display improve the grid of image results
Bonus: User can zoom or pan images displayed in full-screen detail view
Walkthrough of all the user stories:
