Development of a mobile application for reproduction of music and help in its choice

Ovaj rad nastao je s namjerom rješavanja problema otkrivanja dosad nepoznate, ali korisniku potencijalno zanimljive glazbe. Kao rezultat rada, nastala je aplikacija koja rješava navedeni problem. Konačni produkt je Android mobilna aplikacija s mogućnošću reprodukcije i otkrivanja nove glazbe. Otkrivanje nove glazbe, njena pretraga i davanje preporuke potpomognuto je online glazbenim servisom Rhapsody, koji svojim otvorenim programskim sučeljem nudi korištenje naprednih funkcionalnosti razvijateljima aplikacija. Rad opisuje proces izrade te pripadajuće tehnologije korištene pri izgradnji aplikacije, kao i konkretne primjere korištenja opisanih tehnologija. Također, povezuje navedene tehnologije s pripadajućim oblikovnim obrascima te načelima programiranja. Time čitatelju približava razvijeni postupak te mu uz konkretne primjere objašnjava njegovu svrhu i očekivanu korist.This work has been made with a goal of solving new, currently unknown, music discovery problem for a user. As a result, an application which solves that problem has been made. The final product is an Android mobile application with capabilities of new music reproduction and discovery. The discovery of new music, its search, and recommendations evaluation was supported by the online streaming service Rhapsody, which with its open application program interface (API) offers usage of advanced functionalities to developers. This thesis describes the development process and the respective applied technologies, corroborated by examples of their usage. Also, it connects the used technologies to corresponding design patterns and programming principles. All that has been done in order to familiarise the reader with the process of development, with code examples, and to explain the purpose and usage of the applied technologies and principles