Android Based News App for Fast and Adfree Experience- ARKNews

This is an android based app for fast and ad-free user experience which was developed as the final project for our 5th semester Database Lab exam. Our motto behind coming up with this system was to introduce a news app that can provide users real-time access to relevant, prominent and genuine news and help them being up-to-date with the global affairs.

Inspirations

• Understanding news management system
• Experience to create, maintain and manipulate large database
• Easy to track relevant information

Objectives

The main goal of our proposed application is to-

• Replace the Traditional News System
• Provide original news from authentic sources
• Provide all kinds of categorized national, international and regional news in one place
• Ensure ad-free and cost free usability (No in-app purchases)
• Enhance user satisfaction with friendly and flawless designs along with rich features

Prime Features

Here we can see some of the prime features of ARKNews below:

Figure 1: Sample UI and Prime Features Of ARKNews

Tools and Technology

• Android Studio
• Android Virtual Device (AVD)
• Room Persistence Library
• NewsApi

Language and database

• Java
• XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
• SQLite

Requirements

• Hardware Requirements
  • A computer with minimum 4 GB RAM to run Android Studio.
  • Android Smartphone with version 6 or above.
  • Storage: 8 GB (Recommended - 32 GB).
    
• Software Requirements
  • Operating system: Android Marshmallow v6.0, API level 23 (Recommended - Android R v11, API level 30).

How to install

Download the latest version of ARKNews and install in any supported android device (with version 6 or above).

Build and run manually

Complete the following steps to run directly from source code:

1. Download or clone the project from GitHub.
2. Open in Android Studio and download required dependencies.
3. Create an account in NewsApi and go to your account page and copy the API key.
4. Paste and replace the API_KEY field to client > NewsApi.java file in the src directory.
5. Run the project.