📱 Wishlister 📱

Wishlister is a sleek, Steam‑themed mobile app built with Kotlin and Android Studio, A cataloging app designed for gamers to track, rate, and review their personal game collection, played or soon to be, AAA or indie!

⚠️ This is a student project built entirely from scratch to practice Kotlin, Firebase integration, and Android UI/UX design. While it reuses some core concepts I learned during my To Do List App project, the Wishlister app was developed independently from the ground up!

On launch, you arrive at Your Collection:

• A two‑column grid of tall, CD‑case‑style cards showing each game’s cover art made using Recycler Views.
• If your collection is empty, a friendly message prompts you to add games.

Tap Search Games to open a live‑search screen:

• Type to filter 100+ popular and indie titles in real time.
• Tap a result to add it instantly to your collection (marked “unplayed” by default).

Select any game card to view its Detail screen:

• Controller icon toggles between unplayed (white) and played (green).
• Review box lets you type and save short notes.
• Remove button deletes the game (and its review) from your collection.
• The background blends the game’s cover art into a Steam‑style gradient.

• Steam‑inspired gradient backgrounds, rounded cards, and pill‑shaped buttons.
• Logo fade‑in animation on the login screen.
• Adaptive layouts ensure everything looks great on phones of all sizes.

• Authentication (Would create a unique username & password for each user - anonymous testing for this demo).
• Realtime Database under /users/{uid}/games stores:
  • Game ID, name, played status, and review tied to each unique user (So Users can log in anywhere and keep thier notes saved!).
• Live listeners keep your UI in sync whenever data changes.

Through building Wishlister, I gained hands‑on experience with:

• Kotlin fundamentals: data classes, null safety, ViewBinding, and Activity lifecycles
• RecyclerView & Adapters: creating custom view holders, handling click events, and grid layouts
• UI/UX Design: crafting custom drawables, gradient backgrounds, pill‑shaped buttons, and responsive layouts
• Firebase Integration: setting up Realtime Database listeners, writing and reading structured data, and basic Authentication flows
• Animations & Transitions: implementing fade‑in effects and visual polish for a more engaging user experience
• Debugging & Data Handling: filtering out null or orphaned entries, handling async callbacks, and improving app stability.

To run and build this project successfully, you’ll need the following setup:

• Android Studio
• Kotlin or Java (depending on your implementation)
• Android device or emulator for testing