Simple MVVM Unsplash App

A simple Unsplash Image Gallery app based on MVVM architecture.
Re-upload of the old project for demonstration purpose. It was a part of my process of learning Modern Android Development. This project has reached its end of life.

Screenshots

Download

Go to the Releases to download the latest APK (Demo Api Key included).

Build And Run

1. Get a free API Key at Unsplash.com
2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/boy12hoody/SimpleMVVMUnsplashApp.git

3. From Android Studio, select Import Project, then select the root folder of the cloned repository.
4. Click Make Project to build the app and download all the required dependencies.
5. Replace your API key in api/UnsplashApi

   const val CLIENT_ID = "Paste_Your_Key_Here"

6. Click Run app to install the app on your device or emulator.

🛠 Tech stack & Open-source libraries

• Kotlin - First class and official programming language for Android development.
• Retrofit 2 - A type-safe HTTP client for Android and the JVM.
• Glide - An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling.
• Unsplash API - JSON API to work with the largest open collection of high-quality photos.
• Android Architecture Components - Collection of libraries that help you design robust, testable, and maintainable apps.
  • Jetpack -
    • Paging3 - the library helps us load and display pages of data from a larger dataset from local storage or over network.
    • Navigation - Navigation component designed for apps that have one main activity with multiple fragment destinations.
    • LiveData - Data objects that notify views when the underlying database changes.
    • ViewModel - Stores UI-related data that isn't destroyed on UI changes.
    • ViewBinding - Generates a binding class for each XML layout file present in that module and allows you to more easily write code that interacts with views.
• Dependency Injection -
  • Hilt-Dagger - Standard library to incorporate Dagger dependency injection into an Android application.
  • Hilt-ViewModel - DI for injecting ViewModel.
• Material Components for Android - Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android.

Architecture

This app uses MVVM (Model View View-Model) architecture.

Contact

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License

MIT License

    Copyright (c) 2021 Ismatov Xurshid

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