Build a Twitter like app for Android

Learn how to install Android Studio on a Mac, set up a virtual device such as Nexus 6, and troubleshoot by rebuilding projects to ensure a smooth start.

Create a new Android Studio project, import assets, set the app icon, enforce portrait orientation, and apply a no-action-bar style to remove the title bar.

Continue building the main screen layout for the twitter-like android app by adding the transparent gray home progress layout with elevation, bottom tabs, and a view pager.

Implement profile screen functionality by loading user data from Firestore, displaying name and email, updating fields via a hash map, and signing out to return to the login screen.

Create a tweet screen for Android by building a tweet activity with text input, hashtags, optional image, and two fab buttons for send and attach, passing user id and name.

Implement search layout for tweets using a constraint layout, swipe refresh, and a recycler view to display results. Add a top-right follow-hashtag image view to subscribe to the searched hashtag.

Define the tweet item layout for the android app, including username, tweet text, date, optional image, and like and retweet controls with counts, using constraint and linear layouts.

Implement a search flow by intercepting keyboard actions in the home activity, filter tweets by hash tag via firebase where array contains, and update the search fragment list.

Build the home screen by implementing home fragment with a swipe refresh layout and a tweet list, fetch tweets from followed hashtags and users via Firebase, then update the adapter.