FakeStore Project

Simple REST API project using https://fakestoreapi.com/ This Android project utilizes modern libraries and tools to deliver a highly functional, scalable, and maintainable application.

Table of Contents

• Libraries
  • Core Libraries
  • Jetpack Components
  • Dependency Injection
  • Networking
  • Asynchronous Programming
  • Image Loading
  • UI and Design
  • Testing
• Architecture

Libraries

Core Libraries

• Core KTX - Provides Kotlin extensions for Android (v1.10.1).
• Kotlin Standard Library - Kotlin language support (v2.0.0).

Jetpack Components

• Lifecycle Runtime KTX - Enables lifecycle-aware components (v2.6.1).
• Activity Compose - Enables Jetpack Compose in Activities (v1.8.0).
• Navigation Compose - Integrates Jetpack Compose with Navigation (v2.7.6).
• Paging Compose - Supports pagination in Jetpack Compose (v3.2.1).
• Room - Provides a local database (v2.6.1).
• DataStore Preferences - For storing key-value pairs asynchronously (v1.1.1).

Dependency Injection

• Hilt - Dependency injection framework powered by Dagger (v2.48).
• Hilt Navigation Compose - Integrates Hilt with Jetpack Compose’s Navigation (v1.1.0).

Networking

• Retrofit - Type-safe HTTP client (v2.9.0).
• OkHttp - HTTP client for networking (v4.12.0).
  • Logging Interceptor - For logging network requests and responses.

Asynchronous Programming

• Kotlin Coroutines - Concurrency design pattern for asynchronous tasks (v1.6.0).

Image Loading

• Coil Compose - Image loading for Jetpack Compose (v2.5.0).
• Landscapist - Enhanced image loading library with animations and placeholders (v2.4.1).

UI and Design

• Jetpack Compose - Declarative UI framework for Android (v2024.04.01).
• Material 3 - Implements Material Design 3 components.
• Google Fonts - Custom fonts from Google in Jetpack Compose (v1.7.4).
• Palette KTX - Extracts prominent colors from images for dynamic theming (v1.0.0).

Testing

• JUnit - Unit testing framework (v4.13.2).
• AndroidX JUnit - Provides compatibility with JUnit in Android (v1.1.5).
• Espresso - UI testing for Android (v3.5.1).
• MockK - Mocking framework for Kotlin (v1.12.0).
• Coroutines Test - Coroutines testing utilities (v1.6.0).

Architecture

This project follows the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture, leveraging the following components:

• ViewModel for managing UI-related data lifecycle-aware.
• Repository to handle data operations, providing a single source of truth.
• Jetpack Compose as a modern declarative UI toolkit, allowing highly responsive and efficient UI development.