https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka

An Android app to identify books from their covers and give info, built using ML Kit's Text Recognition API, Android Jetpack Libraries and Google Books API
https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka

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An Android app to identify books from their covers and give info, built using ML Kit's Text Recognition API, Android Jetpack Libraries and Google Books API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka
• Owner: Devansh-Maurya
• Created: 2019-04-02T04:54:14.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-09-29T18:17:12.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T17:10:55.848Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.21 MB
• Stars: 20
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        


  

  
PukaPuka


#### An Android app that helps to get information about any book by either scanning its cover. PukaPuka comes from the Maori word for ‘Book’.

#### The app was also an example to showcase the various design patterns used in an Android app.

#### [Checkout the presentation](https://www.slideshare.net/DevanshMaurya/pukapuka-presentation)

#### [Detailed Report (PDF)](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C2GzC1R36ZzM7iOpnSlr0cWrwtR1iE9d)

## How it works?

* The app uses Firebase **ML Kit’s Text Recognition API** to recognize text from the image captured using device camera.

* The text extracted from the image is then filtered to remove unwanted information.

* The filtered text is then used to make a GET request to **Google Books API** to get a list of relevant books.

* The user can then click on an image that suits best with the scanned book cover and get information about it.

## Screenshots

| Home Screen  | Scanning the book |

| ------------- | ------------- |

| ![](https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka/blob/master/screenshots/home.png)  | ![](https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka/blob/master/screenshots/book_scanning.png)  |

| Matching books list  | Book details |

| ------------- | ------------- |

| ![](https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka/blob/master/screenshots/books_list.png)  | ![](https://github.com/Devansh-Maurya/PukaPuka/blob/master/screenshots/book_details.png)  |

## Technologies Used

* **Kotlin** as the main programming language

* **MVVM** architecture pattern using the Android Architecture Components

* **LiveData, ViewModel**

* **Navigation Components** for simplified navigations

* **CameraKit** for using camera functionalities

* **Firebase ML Kit Text Recognition API** for extracting text from the image

* **Glide** image loading library

* **Volley** networking library for making network requests

* **Lottie** for adding animations