Dogs API App 🐶

A simple and fun Android app that displays random dog images from an API with smooth animations and a clean MVVM architecture.

Tech Stack 🚀

• KOTLIN Use Android Official Language
• XML layouts for UI design
• Retrofit for API communication
• Glide for image loading and caching
• Lottie Animation for a fun animated splash screen
• MVVM Architecture for clean separation of concerns
• Serialization to handle data models
• ViewModel and MutableLiveData for UI updates

Features ✨

• Display random dog images from an API.
• Smooth image loading with Glide.
• Clean MVVM architecture.
• Eye-catching Lottie animation during startup [Splash Screen]

Libraries 📚

• Retrofit
• Glide
• Lottie
• Gson (for serialization)
• Room (optional for local data storage)

PREVIEW 📸

Dogs.API.App.mp4

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Setup Instructions 🛠

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yagmurerdogan/Doggy-App.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio.

3. Add your API key (if required by the service) in the build.gradle or strings.xml.

4. Build and run the app on your emulator or device.

Architecture 🏗️

The app follows the MVVM architecture to ensure code maintainability and separation of concerns:

• Model: Represents the data structure (dog image model).
• View: The activity/fragment that interacts with the user.
• ViewModel: Holds and processes the UI data, communicates with the repository.
• Repository: Handles data fetching (from network or cache).

Contributions 🤝

Feel free to fork the repository, raise new issues and add improvements, and create pull requests.