CocktailDB

• CocktailDB is an application written in Kotlin that allows users to view and search for cocktails from TheCocktailDB API.

Architecture

• MVVM - Model View View Model.
• The application has activities and fragments that communicate with their respective viewmodels, which in turn communicate with their respective repositories to fetch data.

Tech Stack

• Tech-stack

  • Kotlin - a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference.

  • Coroutines - perform background operations.

  • Glide - an image-loading library.

  • Retrofit - to make network calls.

  • Android KTX - Provide concise, idiomatic Kotlin to Jetpack and Android platform APIs.

  • AndroidX - Major improvement to the original Android Support Library, which is no longer maintained.

  • Jetpack🚀

    • Room - a persistence library provides an abstraction layer over SQLite.
    • LiveData - is an observable data holder.
    • Lifecycle - perform action when lifecycle state changes.
    • ViewModel - store and manage UI-related data in a lifecycle conscious way.

Get started

• Clone the repository using git clone https://github.com/kev87ian/cocktails.git
• Wait for the IDE to download all dependencies.
• Tinker with the application as you please.

Screenshots

Upcoming Features

• Improving the UI
• Replacing all the activities with a single activity with multiple fragments.

Contacts

• You can reach me via kelvinian87@gmail.com.