Game Of Thrones Demo

Game Of Thrones themed Android Jetpack MVVM demo.

Specifications / Requirements

A simple Android application that lists and displays all the episodes from the popular TV show, GameOfThrones.

• Given the 'game_of_thrones_episodes.txt' file, parse the JSON content and display each of the episode’s name as a list on the left side the app, taking up 35% of the app’s landscape space.
• Keep the app screen orientation locked in landscape mode.
• When the user taps on an episode from the list, the app will display the following content associated with that episode:
  1. The original image associated with that episode, to be displayed on the top
  2. The episode’s summary at the bottom of the image
• Persist the episode selection across app launches.

Built With

• Kotlin
• Android Architecture Components

Instructions

This demo uses the Gradle build system.

1. Download the demo by cloning this repository.
2. In Android Studio, create a new project and choose the "Import Project" option.
3. Select the root directory that you downloaded with this repository.
4. If prompted for a gradle configuration, accept the default settings.

• Alternatively use the gradlew build command to build the project directly.

Issues Encountered

• Use of the DataBinding Library can often require to rebuild the project in order to generate Implementation classes.

Author

• James Campbell - Android Developer -