AndroidFeatureChecklist

A checklist to help breakdown feature/screen work into workable tasks in an MVP architecture

• Model
  • Is this data static or dynamic?
  • If the data isn’t hardcoded into the app, it’s dynamic.
  • Who owns the data?
  • What does it look like?
  • When will it be available?
  • Do we have QA/mock data available?
  • Do we need to generate mock data ourselves?
  • Are any fields optional or nullable?
  • Should default values be used in empty/null cases? What are the defaults?
  • Will any localization be needed?
  • Does any data come from the user?
  • Do we need to do any validation?
  • How long is the data valid for?
  • Is there refresh logic?
  • Is there paging logic?
• View
  • Entrance/Exit transitions
    • How to we enter this screen?
    • What does it look like?
    • Is there anything on the previous screen that matches this screen that we can use for a shared element transition?
  • What does the layout look like for the following basic UI/Data states?
    • Empty
    • Failure
    • Stale
    • Loading
    • Partially loaded
    • Fully loaded
    • Are there additional states?
  • Can anything scroll?
  • Can anything be clicked?
  • Does anything shrink/grow/change position?
• Presenter
  • Lifecycle
    • What happens on backgrounding/foregrounding the app?
    • What happens when the app is killed on this screen?
    • What data/state information should be persisted between pause/resume, stop/restart?
  • What happens onClicks?
    • What action should be taken (network/ui)?
  • What animation should be used to show instant/asynchronous actions?
  • What outside dependencies can influence the state of this screen?
    • Settings/Preferences
    • Network connectivity
    • External configuration files
    • Localization
• Service layer/Interactor
  • What type of endpoint is this? REST/GraphQl/Protocall Buffers/websocket
  • How is the request formatted?
  • How is the response formatted?
  • Is this a single request/response or a stream of responses?
  • What sort of data transformations need to be done to map the response data to the required
  • Are any special libraries required to access this endpoint?
  • Is authorization required, if so how is it obtained?