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GitHub Repo API demo

Specifications / Requirements

• Allow the user to look for repositories based on a keyword or phrase.

Built With

• Kotlin
• Android Architecture Components
• GitHub API
• Retrofit

Instructions

This demo uses the Gradle build system.

1. Download the demo by cloning this repository.
2. In Android Studio, create a new project and choose the "Import Project" option.
3. Select the root directory that you downloaded with this repository.
4. If prompted for a gradle configuration, accept the default settings.

• Alternatively use the gradlew build command to build the project directly.

Issues Encountered

• Use of the DataBinding Library can often require to invalidate project cache and rebuild the project in order to generate implementation classes.
• Android Studio produces a warning during the build process: "WARNING: API 'BaseVariant.getApplicationIdTextResource' is obsolete" which is caused by current SafeArgs plugin.

Testing

An Instrumented test has been recorded to demonstrate the MainActivity functionality Instrumented tests much be run on a physical device

Author

• James Campbell - Senior Android Engineer -