# FlavouredNewsApp

This is a java written technical test. The objective is to obtain news articals from an api(https://newsapi.org/) and have 2 separate flavours of the application. 

## Requirements

 - Minimum android version 16
 - Permissions : Internet, Network state

## Installation
Clone this repository and import into **Android Studio**

## Features

 - SOLID coding principles applied to keep code clean and easy to read 
 - Android navigation library
 - Livedata, with lifecycle aware results
 - Data persistence with room
 - Picasso for image caching
 - Recycler view for easy user list display

## Architectural Pattern

MVVM - Model View Viewmodel
SOLID coding principle

## Jetpack

* [AndroidX](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx)


### Unit test
 - RepositoryTest
 
## Built With

* [Gson](https://github.com/google/gson) - A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back
* [Dagger 2](https://github.com/google/dagger) - A fast dependency injector for Android and Java.
* [Retrofit](https://github.com/square/retrofit) - Type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java by Square, Inc
* [Picasso](https://square.github.io/picasso/) - A powerful image downloading and caching library for Android
* [Room Persistence Library](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/room) - The Room persistence library provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
* [Mockito](https://github.com/mockito/mockito) - Most popular Mocking framework for unit tests written in Java

## Authors

* **Haider Malik** - *Android Developer*