SHARESTEAD

Android application built for Android development assignment
Check out the application by watching this video »

Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Inspiration

About The Project

Android application, that would create a game community.

Features:

• Fetching game information and displaying them
• Note management for games
• Profile customization in the application

Implementation:

• MVVM architecture
• Shared preferences
• Web services
• RecyclerViews

Built With

• Android Studio - official IDE for Google's Android operating system
• Firebase - Authentication and realtime database
• Retrofit - HTTP client for Android and Java

Getting Started

The application is not published, therefore you need to build the game in Android Studio.

Application runs on Android version 6.0 Marshmallow - 9.0 Pie

Prerequisites

• Android Studio
• Google Account - To access Google Firebase console

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/davele-itsme/Sharestead.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio
3. The application uses Google Firebase, therefore follow this tutorial google-services.json tutorial
4. Once you have it, replace google-services.json in the app folder
5. EDIT 4.5.2021: RAWG newly requires API key, therefore you need to have an account there. Follow this site to create API key RAWG. There will be needed a small tweak in code to adjust API calls.
6. Run the application using either mobile phone/tablet or virtual device provided by AVD manager

Inspiration

I got some inspiration from these source codes/guides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA9iqygq11Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYbbTGiZ2sA
https://medium.com/@oluwabukunmi.aluko/bottom-navigation-view-with-fragments-a074bfd08711 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41347150/checking-internet-connection-with-broadcast-receiver-not-working