The Record Shop

An Android application designed to manage a music record store, providing a smooth user experience for adding, updating, and deleting albums and artists. The app interfaces with the Record Shop API to handle data storage and retrieval, offering real-time updates for artists and album collections.

Features

• Album Management:

  • Add, update, and delete albums in the record shop.
  • Display album details including cover art, title, release date and artist information using Glide for image loading.

• Artist Management:

  • Add, update, and delete artist profiles.
  • Display artist details including a profile picture, date of birth, place of birth and biography.

• UI & UX:

  • Clean and responsive interface built using MVVM architecture.
  • Integration of Glide for smooth image loading of albums and artist images.
  • User-orientated navigation for managing records and viewing album/artist details.

Tech Stack

• Java: Core language for Android development.
• MVVM Architecture: Ensures a clear separation of concerns.
• Glide: For efficient image loading and caching.
• Retrofit: For handling API requests.
• Spring Boot (Postgres API): The backend API is developed using Spring Boot and hosted on Supabase.
• Gradle: For build automation.

Architecture

The application follows the MVVM architecture pattern, allowing maintainability and scalability by separating the business logic from the UI layer.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jeremiahhaastrup/Record_Shop_UI.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio.
3. Build and run the project on an Android emulator or physical device.

API Setup

Ensure the Record Shop API is running for the app to fetch and modify data.

Steps:

1. Set up the API by following the instructions in its repository.
2. Use the API for managing albums and artists in real-time.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.