Android Weather: Sample App

Overview

Application shows weather information from OpenWeatherMap

This application has 3 screens

1. Splash

• Shows logo for 2 seconds
• Different splash screen for dev and production

2. WeatherList (Using Fragment for List portion)

• List of weather information from London, Prague, and San Francisco
• Card shows location, weather description, and average temperature
• Shows shared element transition going to WeatherDetail upon clicking card
• AnimatedVectorDrawable refresh button on Action Bar starts spinning onClick and stops when refresh is finished
• Option to add current location to list of information, asks for Location permission onClick

3. WeatherDetail

• Detailed weather information for selected location
• Shows weather icon, weather description, average temperature, temperature range, etc.
• AnimatedVectorDrawable refresh button on Action Bar starts spinning onClick and stops when refresh is finished
• Shows shared element transition when pressing back button to go back to WeatherList

Additional Notes

• Application versionName is 3.3 with versionCode 3333
• Offline mode using SharedPrefrences and Gson library
• Third-party libraries listed below
• Used Git and GitHub for version control
• Analytics with Fabric.io Crashlytics
• With some unit testing based on MVP boilerplate
• Supports both tablet and phone
• Has three build variants (production, dev, appTest)

Architecture and Boilerplate reference:

Mindorks MVP Boilerplate: https://github.com/MindorksOpenSource/android-mvp-architecture

Library reference resources:

1. RxJava2: https://github.com/amitshekhariitbhu/RxJava2-Android-Samples
2. Dagger2: https://github.com/MindorksOpenSource/android-dagger2-example
3. Gson: https://github.com/google/gson
4. FastAndroidNetworking: https://github.com/amitshekhariitbhu/Fast-Android-Networking
5. PlaceHolderView: https://github.com/janishar/PlaceHolderView
6. Calligraphy: https://github.com/chrisjenx/Calligraphy
7. ButterKnife: http://jakewharton.github.io/butterknife/
8. Fabric.io: https://fabric.io/kits/android/crashlytics
9. Google Play Location: https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-location
10. Glide: https://github.com/bumptech/glide
11. Timber: https://github.com/JakeWharton/timber