Jokestar

In this project, the task was to create an app with multiple flavors that uses multiple libraries and Google Cloud Endpoints. The finished app consists of four modules:

• A Java library that provides jokes
• A Google Cloud Endpoints (GCE) project that serves those jokes
• An Android Library containing an activity for displaying jokes
• An Android app that fetches jokes from the GCE module and passes them to the Android Library for display

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App flow:

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Running on local machine

• Clone the repo and import in Android Studio
• Select a build variant (lower left side)
• Run on emulator or physical device

What I learned

• Add free and paid flavors to an app, and set up your build to share code between them
• Factor reusable functionality into a Java library
• Factor reusable Android functionality into an Android library
• Configure a multi-project build to compile your libraries and app
• Use the Gradle App Engine plugin to deploy a backend
• Configure an integration test suite that runs against the local App Engine development server