Purrfect Pics

This a sample application that integrates good practices for modern Android apps that make use of remote data.

Tech Stack

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Compose Destinations for navigation MVVM Kotlin Coroutines Repository Pattern to seamlessly switch between remote and local data source. Hilt for Dependency Injection Retrofit for API consumption Coil for image loading

Highlights

• The cats as a service API was used to retrieve 10 random cat references using endpoint v1/images/search?has_breeds=1&order=RAND
• Specific cat data retrieved using endpoint v1/images/{id}.
  • Breeds Details added using collapsible panel
• Re-usability
  • UI Components
    • Cat Image
    • Screen Loading message
    • Error message
  • Resource state handling
  • Error handling
    • More fine grained handling possible by using error enums.

Build

To build this application, you need

• The latest version of Android Studio.
• Add the following value to the local.properties file
  • CATAAS_API_URL = https://api.thecatapi.com/, to set up the remote API value.
• Hit build