Github Trending Repositories in Android

An Android App that lists the most trending repositories in Android from Github.

App Features

• Users can view the most trending repositories in Android from Github.
• Users can filter based on language.
• Users can share repositories they like.

App Architecture

Based on mvvm architecture and repository pattern.

The app includes the following main components:

• A local database that servers as a single source of truth for data presented to the user.
• A web api service.
• A repository that works with the database and the api service, providing a unified data interface.
• A ViewModel that provides data specific for the UI.
• The UI, which shows a visual representation of the data in the ViewModel.
• Unit Test cases for API service, Database, Repository and ViewModel.

App Packages

• data - contains
  • api - contains the api classes to make api calls to FreshlyPressed server, using Retrofit.
  • db - contains the db classes to cache network data.
  • repository - contains the repository classes, responsible for triggering api requests and saving the response in the database.
• di - contains dependency injection classes, using Dagger2.
• ui - contains classes needed to display Activity.
• util - contains classes needed for activity redirection, ui/ux animations.

App Specs

• Minimum SDK 16
• Java8 (in master branch) & Kotlin (in kotlin_support branch)
• MVVM Architecture
• Android Architecture Components (LiveData, Lifecycle, ViewModel, Room Persistence Library, ConstraintLayout)
• RxJava2 for implementing Observable pattern.
• Dagger 2 for dependency injection.
• Retrofit 2 for API integration.
• Gson for serialisation.
• Okhhtp3 for implementing interceptor, logging and mocking web server.
• Mockito for implementing unit test cases
• Picasso for image loading.