Bookish2025 is an Android application built with Jetpack Compose that allows users to search for books using the Google Books API, view book details, and save selected books to a local SQLite database via Room and a custom ContentProvider.
- Search Books Online: Search by title using Google Books API.
- Save Books Locally: Store selected books in a local SQLite database.
- View Book Details: View title, authors, publisher, description, categories, and thumbnail image.
- Content Provider Integration: Enables accessing book data through a
ContentProvider. - Filter Local Data: If the search field is empty, local data is displayed instead of fetching online.
- Remove Books: Delete saved books directly from the local database.
- Modern UI: Built with Jetpack Compose and Material3 design system.
- Jetpack Compose – UI toolkit
- Room (SQLite) – Local persistence
- Google Books API – RESTful book search
- ContentProvider – For accessing local data from external apps or components
- Retrofit – HTTP client for network operations
- Coil – Image loading library
- MVVM-inspired architecture – Lightweight, repository pattern
- On app start:
- If search input is empty → local books are loaded via ContentProvider.
- If input is present → results are fetched via Google Books API and displayed.
- Books can be saved locally by tapping on them.
- On tapping a book, details are shown with an option to delete it from local storage.
- Local data is stored using Room and exposed via ContentProvider for future extensibility.
- Android Studio (Flamingo or newer)
- Internet connection (for Google Books API)
- Minimum SDK: 24 (Android 7.0)
