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| CS 442: Mobile Applications Development Assignment 5 – News GatewayÂ
Uses:Â Â Service, Broadcasts & Receivers, Drawer Layout, Fragments, ViewPager, Internet, APIs
App Highlights: •      This app displays current news articles from a wide variety of news sources covering a range of news categories. •      NewsAPI.org will be used to acquire the news sources and news articles. •      Selecting a news source will display up to 10 top stories from that news source •      Selecting a news category will limit the news source choices to only those offering that category of news. •      News articles are viewed by swiping right to read the next article, and left to go back to the previous article •      You will not need to develop separate landscape layouts •      The user can go to the complete extended article on the news source’s website by clicking on the article title, text, or image content. •      You must add a professional looking launcher icon to your app.  Application Architecture: Â
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NewsAPI.org Sources Query Results Example:  https://newsapi.org/v2/sources?language=en&country=us&category=&apiKey= ABC123xyz The results come in the form of a JSON Object that contains a JSON Array of source entries as shown below. Each entry represents an individual news source. Example: { “status”: “ok”, “sources”: [{ “id”: “abc-news”, “name”: “ABC News”, “description”: “Your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos at ABCNews.com.”, “url”: “https://abcnews.go.com”, “category”: “general”, “language”: “en”, “country”: “us” }, { “id”: “al-jazeera-english”, “name”: “Al Jazeera English”, “description”: “News, analysis from the Middle East and worldwide, multimedia and interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule.”, “url”: “http://www.aljazeera.com”, “category”: “general”, “language”: “en”,   “country”: “us” }, { “id”: “ars-technica”, “name”: “Ars Technica”, “description”: “The PC enthusiast’s resource. Power users and the tools they love, without computing religion.”, “url”: “http://arstechnica.com”, “category”: “technology”, “language”: “en”, “country”: “us” }, { . . . }] }
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| NewsAPI.org Articles Query Results Example:Â Â
https://newsapi.org/v2/everything?sources=cnn&language=en&pageSize=100&apiKey= ABC123xyz The results come in the form of a JSON Object that contains a JSON Array of article entries as shown below. Each entry represents an individual news article. Example: { “status”: “ok”, “totalResults”: 4773, “articles”: [{ “source”: { “id”: “cnn”, “name”: “CNN” }, “author”: “Kristina Marusic, CNN”, “title”: ” Anatomy of a Pride parade “, “description”: ” Pride parades have been with us for decades now. Let’s look back at their history and the wide variety of people — from drag queens to church representatives — who are in them.”, “url”: ” https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pride-parades-history/index.html”, “urlToImage”: “https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/w_1200/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com% 2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F190322082046-05-pride-parade-explainerphotos-super-tease.jpg”,   “publishedAt”: ” 2019-04-15T14:42:45Z”, “content”: “(CNN) Glitter, rainbows, costumes and corporate logos: At first glance, Pride parades may appear to just be one big party. But peek beneath the surface, and you’ll discover that Pride is celebrated by a diverse network of groups, each with their own rich hist… [+10486 chars]” }, { “source”: { “id”: “cnn”, “name”: “CNN” }, “author”: null, “title”: ” 2020 first-quarter fundraising totals released”, “description”: ” Today is the last day for campaigns to file Federal Election Commission disclosure reports with full details of their fundraising. Follow here as we learn the candidates’ first-quarter fundraising totals.”, “url”: ” https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/first-quarter-fundraising-totals-04-1519/index.html”, “urlToImage”: ” https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190410160852-20190411-2020democrat-power-rankings-april-super-tease.jpg”, “publishedAt”: “2019-04-15T13:43:48Z”, “content”: ” Not only is it Tax Day, but Monday also is the deadline for presidential and congressional candidates to file reports with the Federal Election Commission, detailing their fundraising and spending during the first three months of the year.\r\nThis marks the fir… [+910 chars] ” }, {  . . . }] }
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3) Swipe Right (or Left) to scroll through articles from the selected new source:
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| 4)Â Â Â Â Select a news category from the options menu to limit the news source choices to only those offering that category of news.
5)Â Â Â Â Click on article content to go to extended article on the news source web site
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C)Â Â Â Application Content: Â
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
D)Â Â Extra Credit: 1) Up to 20 points of extra credit will be awarded if you save and restore the app state when transitioning between portrait and landscape layouts to ensure a smooth user experience. Without this, the app reverts to the start state upon rotation. If this is done properly, the current category selection, the current source list (in the drawer), and the displayed articles will be maintained upon device orientation change.
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| 2) Up to 25 points of extra credit will be awarded if you display the news categories in the options menu different colors, and then color the news sources in the drawer according to their category:
Options menu example: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Drawer list of news sources: example
 Assignment Assistance The TAs for our course is available to assist you with your assignment if needed. Questions on assignment requirements and course concepts can be sent to the instructor.
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NOTE This assignment is worth 450 points. This means (for example) that if you get 89% on this assignment, your recorded score will be:Â (89% * 450 points = 401 points)
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