StormIdeas Android developer assessment

this app utilize the News API https://newsapi.org/ to show most recent news articles for different categories

This project needs Android Studio 4.0.0 or above with Android Gradle plugin 7.0.2+

It's recommended to open it using Android Studio Artic Fox.

And you can download the APK file here

Clean architecture based on MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) The following diagram shows all the layers and how each layer interact with each other. This architecture using a layered software architecture.

• Kotlin - official programming language for Android development.
• Coroutines - for asynchronous or non-blocking programming.
• Android Architecture Components - Part of Jetpack it's a set of libraries that help you design robust, testable, and maintainable apps.
  • LiveData - an observable data holder class.
  • ViewModel - store and manage UI-related data in a lifecycle conscious way.
  • Room - persistence library provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
  • Navigation - Navigation refers to the interactions that allow users to navigate across, into, and back out from the different pieces of content within your app.
• Dagger2 - Dependency Injection Framework.
• Retrofit - A type-safe HTTP client for Android.
• Gson A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
• sdp - size unit scales with the screen size.
• Material Design are interactive building blocks for creating a friendly user interface.
• Glide An image loading and caching library.
• Timber A logger API.