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Create News Feed app which gives a user regularly-updated news from the internet related to a particular topic, person, or location. The presentation of the information as well as the topic is up to you. Add a Settings Screen to the News Feed app which will allow users to narrow down the stories displayed in from the feed.

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Android Development Project

News Feed App (API)

Qualifications and skills:

  • Programming in Java
  • Connecting to an API
  • Parsing the JSON response
  • Handling error cases gracefully
  • Updating information regularly
  • Using an AsyncTask
  • Doing network operations independent of the Activity lifecycle
  • Implementing the Preference Fragment
  • Launching a Settings Activity from a menu in the Main Activity
  • Using Uri.Builder class to add query parameters to the URL
  • Updating and displaying the Preference Summary

Demo:

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Tested on Nexus 5X emulator / API level 27 (portrait mode)

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Create News Feed app which gives a user regularly-updated news from the internet related to a particular topic, person, or location. The presentation of the information as well as the topic is up to you. Add a Settings Screen to the News Feed app which will allow users to narrow down the stories displayed in from the feed.

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