Instagram is an Android photo sharing app similar to Instagram but using Parse as its backend.
Some of the main features include:
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can sign up to create a new account using Parse authentication.
- User can log in and log out of his or her account.
- The current signed in user is persisted across app restarts.
- User can take a photo, add a caption, and post it to "Instagram".
- User can view the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
- The user should switch between different tabs - viewing all posts (feed view), compose (capture photos form camera) and profile tabs (posts made) using fragments and a Bottom Navigation View. (2 points)
- User can pull to refresh the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram".
- User sees app icon in home screen and styled bottom navigation view
- Style the feed to look like the real Instagram feed.
To install and set up the app on your own device, follow these steps:
- Android Studio 4.0 or later
- Android SDK and Emulator or physical Android device for testing
- Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or later installed and configured with Android Studio
- Gradle 4.0 or later for building the project
- Download and install the latest version of Android Studio.
- Clone this repository to your local machine using the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/kabirdhillon7/Instagram.git
- Open Android Studio and click on "Open an existing Android Studio project".
- Navigate to the location where you cloned the repository, select the root folder of the project and click "OK".
- Wait for Android Studio to build the project and all its dependencies.
- Connect your Android device to your computer or use the Android emulator.
- In Android Studio, click on the "Run" button or press Shift+F10 to launch the app on your device.
This app uses the following dependencies:
- Android Async HTTP - Simple asynchronous HTTP requests with JSON parsing
- Glide - Image loading and caching library for Android
If you have any questions or feedback, you can reach me through the following channels:
- GitHub: @kabirdhillon7
- LinkedIn: Kabir Dhillon
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