🔍 StackOverflow User Search (via StackExchange API)

A native Android application that provides an interface for searching and viewing Stack Overflow user profiles using the StackExchange API

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📱 App Previews

🎬 Interaction Demo

Watch the app in action:

03-demo-recording.webm

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🚀 Quick Start

Try the App

You can test the application immediately on your Android device by downloading the pre-built APK:

👉 Download stackoverflow-user-search-debug.apk

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📋 Features

• User Search: Query any user across the Stack Overflow database.
• Optimized Results: The app returns up to 20 search results each time for a fast and focused browsing experience.
• Smart Sorting: Results are sorted alphabetically. To ensure accuracy, the app trims leading spaces from display names returned by the API before performing the final sort.
• View Profiles: View display name, location, reputation, and account creation dates.

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🛠️ Built With

• StackExchange API – Powering the user data retrieval.
• Jetpack Compose – For a modern, declarative UI.
• Material 3 – Implementing the latest design system guidelines.
• Hilt – Dependency injection for a modular and testable codebase.
• Retrofit – Handling REST API communication with Stack Exchange.
• Glide – Efficient image loading and caching for user avatars.
• MVVM Architecture – Ensuring a clean separation of concerns and maintainable code.
• Kotlin Coroutines – Managing asynchronous tasks and smooth background processing.

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