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+A demo app demonstrating the use of an external api to fetch a list of popular movies.
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+App submission for the Udacity android nanodegree.
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+Api key for tmdb must be added unter app/src/main/res/values/api_key.xml
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-Api key must be added unter app/src/main/res/values/api_key.xml
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