SWAPI App

A Star Wars app that uses swapi.dev API written in Android

Setup

In Android Studio, select which product flavor you want to use. This project has two product flavours: Mock and Production.

Mock

Mock flavor was made to try out the app using local, dummy data without depending on swapi.dev. The mock flavored app runs it's own local server using NanoHTTPd that serves data from different json files.

Production

Uses the actual data from https://swapi.dev

Architecture

The app is written using MVVM

External Libraries Used

• Kotlin
  • Kotlin Serialization
• Jetpack Libraries
  • Paging 3
  • Hilt (DI)
• Volley
• Material Components
  • Swipe Refresh

Assumptions / Constraints

• Refreshes data on resume (app minimisation, switching screens, screen orientation changes)
• No local db caching due to always refresh assumption
• Added a mock flavor with local server because the swapi.dev server has been unstable
• Kotlin serialization was chosen over gson
• Hilt was used for dependency injection as it is part of Jetpack libraries

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT