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Idea of the App

A small app that list the most starred Github repos that were created in the last 30 days.

Features

• The User can list the most starred Github repos that were created in the last 30 days.
• The User can see the results as a list. One repository per row.
• The User can see for each repo/row the following details :
  • Repository name
  • Repository description
  • Numbers of stars for the repo.
  • Username and avatar of the owner.
• The User can see new results when scrolling(Pagination with recyclerView).

Libraries

In this app i use a lot of libraries that i was used to :

Retrofit2 👍

• Type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java by Square, Inc.
• For more information please see Retrofit2 Docs

gradle

To use Retrofit2 you can add this line in your gradle file (module App).

implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.4.0'

Dagger2

• A fast dependency injector for Android and Java.
• For more information please see Dagger 2

gradle

To use Dagger2 you can add this line in your gradle file (module App).

annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:$daggerVersion"
implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:$daggerVersion"

RxJava

• Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM.
• For more information please see reactivex

gradle

To use RxJava you can add this line in your gradle file (module App).

implementation "io.reactivex:rxjava:$rxjavaVersion"

Glide

• Glide is a fast and efficient open source media management and image loading framework for Android that wraps media decoding, memory and disk caching, and resource pooling into a simple and easy to use interface.
• For more information please see Glide-setup

gradle

To use Glide you can add this line in your gradle file (module App).

implementation "com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:$glideVersion"
annotationProcessor "com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:$glideVersion"

GitHub Api

For more informations about the GitHup Api you can visit the official documentation