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README.md

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 # mc_gallery
 
 ## Dart docs explanation
+The first line of docs are like normal Dart docs. The second line is less of a 'further'
+ explanation, and more of an active commentary for the viewer.
 
 ## Emulation
+### Main API
+The unsplash_images_api contains code for fetching data from an external website. Since I have used 'source.unsplash.com', there is no actual daa
+data (in the form of protected URLs or raw JSON like Facebook API) that is sent back. So this base URL can directly be used to cache the images.<br>
+
+But I wanted to give a more realistic procedure. So, I manually serialize the same data about the URL to JSON and then deserialize it, just a step
+further on needlessly. In addition to it, constant fetch delays have added in as well. But in theory, the first serialization can be replaced by actual data-fetch,
+while the rest works as expected
+
+### Search API
+Since websites also have a server-side search call that is available, functionality had been included to make use of that too. But again, this is mocked
+by the steps mentioned above.
 
 ## Maintaining scope
-It's an 'assignment'
+Since it's just a demo assignment, I have tried to keep the scope of the functionalities small. By that, I mean I have not fully optimized performance-critical sections,
-
+or fixed some rare-case bugs. But instead I have left either a 'todo' for them, or mentioned that in the docs themselves
-## Model vs. DTO
 
 ## Extra quirks
-Just because I had those assets lying around
+A lot of the empty directories and unused asset files are left in, as I used my project templated from my other templates. I decided to leave them in, in any case since they
+may give a better indication about how I code, should you choose to look into them. A lot of the functionality that I used, is something that I have already made for my previous project(s),
+so it was not as much work as it seems. One of my recent ones, (luckily) literally had a Gallery feature as well, for congregating social media posts into one place. So a lot of assets were reused from there.
+
+Some of the extra quirks that I added in are:
+1. Dark mode support.
+2. Live search -> both for locally (cached) image files, and Web (using a website's search API).
+3. Clearing image cache on app going to background, and then restarting the program (way easier on an emulator using hot restart).
+   + I found it easier to directly use the change in app life cycle, than implement a pull-down-refresh.
+4. Logging.
+5. Local storage of favourites state -> on restart, the favourites stay.
+   + Not very useful on a real device as app restart can only be triggered with app life cycle state change, which would clear the download cache,
+   which would be an invalidate them -> so clearing them away with the image cache for now.
+6. Web API unit test

lib/features/core/data/constants/const_values.dart

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 abstract class ConstValues {
   static const String httpsScheme = 'https';
-  static const String backendHost = 'source.unsplash.com';
+  static const String imagesHostServer = 'source.unsplash.com';
-  static const List<String> backendUrlPathSegments = ['user', 'c_v_r'];
+  static const List<String> imagesHostUrlPathSegments = ['user', 'c_v_r'];
 
   static const int numberOfImages = 25;
   static const int minImageSize = 50;

lib/features/home/api/unsplash_images_api.dart

@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ class UnsplashImagesApi implements ImagesApi {
 
   Uri _imageUrlGenerator({required int imageSide}) => Uri(
         scheme: ConstValues.httpsScheme,
-        host: ConstValues.backendHost,
+        host: ConstValues.imagesHostServer,
-        pathSegments: [...ConstValues.backendUrlPathSegments, '${imageSide}x$imageSide'],
+        pathSegments: [...ConstValues.imagesHostUrlPathSegments, '${imageSide}x$imageSide'],
       );
 
   static UnsplashImagesApi get locate => Locator.locate();

lib/features/home/views/image_carousel/image_carousel_view.dart

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class ImageCarouselView extends StatelessWidget {
             const Gap(24),
             Padding(
               padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 24),
+              // Assuming that this data is coming from an external CRM, if it is coming with the
+              // image itself, then add it to the DTO and the Model as well, and access it here.
               child: MarkdownBody(data: model.strings.imageDetails),
             ),
             const Gap(16),

test/widget_test.dart

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-// This is a basic Flutter widget test.
-//
-// To perform an interaction with a widget in your test, use the WidgetTester
-// utility in the flutter_test package. For example, you can send tap and scroll
-// gestures. You can also use WidgetTester to find child widgets in the widget
-// tree, read text, and verify that the values of widget properties are correct.
-
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
-import 'package:mc_gallery/app.dart';
-
-void main() {
-  testWidgets('Counter increments smoke test', (WidgetTester tester) async {
-    // Build our app and trigger a frame.
-    await tester.pumpWidget(const McgApp());
-
-    // Verify that our counter starts at 0.
-    expect(find.text('0'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('1'), findsNothing);
-
-    // Tap the '+' icon and trigger a frame.
-    await tester.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.add));
-    await tester.pump();
-
-    // Verify that our counter has incremented.
-    expect(find.text('0'), findsNothing);
-    expect(find.text('1'), findsOneWidget);
-  });
-}