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+.idea/
+.gradle/
+build/
+*.log
+local.properties
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/.gitignore b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/.gitignore
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+/build
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/build.gradle b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/build.gradle
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf7f7b83d549b799340adea0894c2cc6eb263e4f
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+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/build.gradle
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+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.application'
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
+    id 'androidx.navigation.safeargs'
+}
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion build_versions.compile_sdk
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion build_versions.min_sdk
+        targetSdkVersion build_versions.target_sdk
+        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
+    }
+
+    buildFeatures {
+        viewBinding true
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation deps.core_ktx
+    implementation deps.activity.activity_ktx
+    implementation deps.fragment.fragment_ktx
+    implementation deps.app_compat
+    implementation deps.material
+    implementation deps.constraint_layout
+    implementation deps.lifecycle.livedata_ktx
+    implementation deps.lifecycle.viewmodel_ktx
+    implementation deps.ktor.client_core
+    implementation deps.ktor.client_cio
+    implementation deps.gson
+}
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/proguard-rules.pro b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/proguard-rules.pro
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..481bb434814107eb79d7a30b676d344b0df2f8ce
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+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
+# debugging stack traces.
+#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
+# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
+# hide the original source file name.
+#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a15e6dc9d74f79fc50be1427a9994362bb9c62fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="course.labs.networking">
+
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+
+    <application
+        android:allowBackup="true"
+        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+        android:label="@string/app_name"
+        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
+        android:supportsRtl="true"
+        android:theme="@style/Theme.App">
+        <activity
+            android:name="course.labs.networking.MainActivity"
+            android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainActivity.kt b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e383adb2b71098f99559ffb47eecbe82c40e7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package course.labs.networking
+
+import android.os.Bundle
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
+
+class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
+
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        setContentView(R.layout.main_activity)
+
+        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
+            // TODO
+            // Initialize MainFragment
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainFragment.kt b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainFragment.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24c7c5a380734f75ca0c0b420c6b429d88b4142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainFragment.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package course.labs.networking
+
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.view.LayoutInflater
+import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
+import androidx.fragment.app.viewModels
+import course.labs.networking.MainViewModel.Status.*
+import course.labs.networking.databinding.MainFragmentBinding
+
+class MainFragment : Fragment() {
+
+    // Binding to XML layout
+    private lateinit var binding: MainFragmentBinding
+
+    // Defining the viewModel
+    private val viewModel by viewModels<MainViewModel>()
+
+    override fun onCreateView(
+        inflater: LayoutInflater,
+        container: ViewGroup?,
+        savedInstanceState: Bundle?
+    ): View {
+        // Inflating the fragment binding and returning the binding root
+        binding = MainFragmentBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
+        return binding.root
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called by the framework once the view has been created.
+     * This is the appropriate place to update the view or add
+     * listeners before the view is actually displayed.
+     **/
+    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
+
+
+        // Register an observer to the viewModel's LiveData and respond to status updates.
+        // 1. When the GET request is in progress, display the appropriate message.
+        // 2. When the bitmap is downloaded, display the QR code.
+        // 3. If an error is obtained, display the error message.
+        // 4. After steps 2 and 3, re-enable the button that downloads the QR code.
+        viewModel.statusLiveData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) { status ->
+            when (status) {
+                is Progress -> {
+                    // TODO
+                    // Display a message saying that the GET request/download is in progress.
+                }
+
+                is Result -> {
+                    // Display the image and update the text view.
+                    binding.info.text = null
+                    binding.info.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null,null,null,
+                        BitmapDrawable(resources,status.image)
+                    )
+
+                    // TODO
+                    // Re-enable button.
+                }
+
+                is Error -> {
+                    // TODO
+                    // Display the error resource string and
+                    // exception message in text view.
+
+                    // TODO
+                    // Re-enable button.
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        /**
+         * Set the button OnClickListener to call the network request
+         * defined in the viewModel
+         * **/
+        binding.button.setOnClickListener {
+            // TODO
+            // Disable button.
+
+            // TODO
+            // Clear output text from the previous request.
+
+            // TODO
+            // Use viewModel to send asynchronous network request.
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainViewModel.kt b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainViewModel.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1509361585e10acba510b3b566624415bf14d518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/java/course/labs/networking/MainViewModel.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package course.labs.networking
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
+import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData
+import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
+import io.ktor.client.*
+import io.ktor.client.request.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.*
+
+class MainViewModel : ViewModel() {
+
+    // Defining a pair of LiveData and MutableLiveData variables of type Status
+    // The Status variable will be updated to display the downloaded bitmap, the status of the network request and
+    // error messages if any
+    private val _statusLiveData = MutableLiveData<Status>()
+    val statusLiveData: LiveData<Status>
+        get() = _statusLiveData
+
+
+    /** Keep track of coroutine so that duplicate requests are ignored. */
+    private var job: Job? = null
+
+    /**
+     * Defining a sealed class to store the status of the network request,
+     * the downloaded bitmap and the error message, if any
+     */
+    sealed class Status {
+        data class Progress(val progress: Int) : Status()
+        data class Result(val image: Bitmap) : Status()
+        data class Error(val errorResId: Int, val e: Exception) : Status()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * sendNetworkRequest() is a non-blocking function called by the UI (Fragment) when the
+     * user clicks the send button. This function starts a coroutine
+     * that sends a network request and then posts downloaded bitmap
+     * on the LiveData feed that can be observed by the calling
+     * Fragment.
+     */
+    fun sendNetworkRequest() {
+        // TODO:
+        // Ignore button click if a request is still active.
+
+        // TODO:
+        // Update the Progress field of the Status LiveData feed and say that the GET request is being performed
+
+        // Launch a new coroutine to run network request in the background.
+        job = viewModelScope.launch {
+            try {
+                // TODO:
+                // Run the suspending network request to download the bitmap and store it in a variable
+
+                // TODO:
+                // Post the downloaded bitmap to the Result field of the Status LiveData Feed
+
+            } catch (e: Exception) {
+                // TODO:
+                // Something went wrong ... post an error message to the Error field of the Status LiveData feed.
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * makeNetworkCall() is a suspending helper function that performs the network request
+     * specified by the passed [url] and returns a Bitmap.
+     */
+    private suspend fun makeNetworkCall(url: String): Bitmap =
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+
+            // For testing purposes, simulate network delay
+            delay(2000)
+
+            // TODO:
+            // Construct a new Ktor HttpClient to perform the GET
+            // request and then return the resulting Bitmap
+            // Use the decodeStream function from BitmapFactory to decode the HttpClient output into a Bitmap
+            // Resize the Bitmap to dimension (SIZE, SIZE) using the createScaledBitmap function
+
+            // Replace the line below with the code to download the bitmap
+            // The line below has only been included so that the initial app compiles without errors
+            Bitmap.createBitmap(SIZE, SIZE, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565)
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Constants
+     * Use these constants in the makeNetworkCall() function
+     * Download a square image of dimension (SIZE, SIZE) specified in URL below
+     */
+    companion object {
+        private const val URL =
+            "https://image-charts.com/chart?chs=150x150&cht=qr&chl=https://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2022/cmsc436/&choe=UTF-8"
+        private const val SIZE = 450
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/background_selector.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/background_selector.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..efbb7da7219d4af7053896463e67543bfd9a7c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/background_selector.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:color="?attr/rippleColor">
+    <item>
+        <selector>
+            <item android:state_checked="true">
+                <color android:color="?attr/colorControlHighlight" />
+            </item>
+        </selector>
+    </item>
+</ripple>
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:width="108dp"
+    android:height="108dp"
+    android:viewportWidth="108"
+    android:viewportHeight="108">
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#3DDC84"
+        android:pathData="M0,0h108v108h-108z" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
+        android:pathData="M9,0L9,108"
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+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
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+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
+        android:pathData="M49,19L49,89"
+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
+        android:pathData="M59,19L59,89"
+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
+        android:pathData="M69,19L69,89"
+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#00000000"
+        android:pathData="M79,19L79,89"
+        android:strokeWidth="0.8"
+        android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" />
+</vector>
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_foreground.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_foreground.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b068d11462a4b96669193de13a711a3a36220a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_foreground.xml
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+<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:aapt="http://schemas.android.com/aapt"
+    android:width="108dp"
+    android:height="108dp"
+    android:viewportWidth="108"
+    android:viewportHeight="108">
+    <path android:pathData="M31,63.928c0,0 6.4,-11 12.1,-13.1c7.2,-2.6 26,-1.4 26,-1.4l38.1,38.1L107,108.928l-32,-1L31,63.928z">
+        <aapt:attr name="android:fillColor">
+            <gradient
+                android:endX="85.84757"
+                android:endY="92.4963"
+                android:startX="42.9492"
+                android:startY="49.59793"
+                android:type="linear">
+                <item
+                    android:color="#44000000"
+                    android:offset="0.0" />
+                <item
+                    android:color="#00000000"
+                    android:offset="1.0" />
+            </gradient>
+        </aapt:attr>
+    </path>
+    <path
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+        android:strokeColor="#00000000" />
+</vector>
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_activity.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_activity.xml
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+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_activity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/container"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent" />
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_fragment.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_fragment.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3113f4ff0c6d371af2020ba376d5815855f51cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/layout/main_fragment.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:layout_margin="@dimen/activity_margin">
+
+    <Button
+        android:id="@+id/button"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
+        android:text="@string/get_qr_string"
+        android:textColor="#212121"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/info"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/info"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:text="@string/click_send_to_issue_a_network_request"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/button"
+        android:gravity="start"
+        android:textColor="@color/secondary_text"
+        android:contentDescription="QR Code">
+    </TextView>
+
+</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eca70cfe52eac1ba66ba280a68ca7be8fcf88a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background" />
+    <foreground android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground" />
+</adaptive-icon>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher_round.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher_round.xml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eca70cfe52eac1ba66ba280a68ca7be8fcf88a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher_round.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background" />
+    <foreground android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground" />
+</adaptive-icon>
\ No newline at end of file
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9126ae37cbc3587421d6889eadd1d91fbf1994d4
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values-night/themes.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values-night/themes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9123e827341fca925a5c28120f5ded7c7bca280e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values-night/themes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+    <!-- Base application theme. -->
+    <style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.DarkActionBar">
+        <!-- Primary brand color. -->
+        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/md_theme_dark_primary</item>
+        <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">@color/md_theme_dark_primaryContainer</item>
+        <item name="colorOnPrimary">@color/md_theme_dark_onPrimary</item>
+        <!-- Secondary brand color. -->
+        <item name="colorSecondary">@color/md_theme_dark_tertiary</item>
+        <item name="colorSecondaryVariant">@color/md_theme_dark_secondaryContainer</item>
+        <item name="colorOnSecondary">@color/md_theme_dark_onSecondary</item>
+        <item name="colorAccent">@color/md_theme_dark_tertiary</item>
+        <!-- Status bar color. -->
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor" tools:targetApi="l">?attr/colorPrimaryVariant</item>
+        <item name="android:selectableItemBackground" tools:targetApi="l">@drawable/background_selector</item>
+        <item name="rippleColor">@color/ripple_dark</item>
+    </style>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26457704997f68d33397000e00070c6d7624faf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<resources>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_primary">#2196F3</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_onPrimary">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_primaryContainer">#1976D2</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_onPrimaryContainer">#001D36</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_secondary">#005FB1</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_onSecondary">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_secondaryContainer">#D3E3FF</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_light_tertiary">#EF5350</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_primary">#9BCAFF</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_onPrimary">#226AA2</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_primaryContainer">#00497E</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_secondary">#A4C8FF</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_onSecondary">#003060</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_secondaryContainer">#004788</color>
+    <color name="md_theme_dark_tertiary">#CF7C77</color>
+
+    <color name="ripple_light">#40FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="ripple_dark">#40000000</color>
+
+    <color name="black">#FF000000</color>
+    <color name="white">#FFFFFFFF</color>
+
+    <!-- Old colors -->
+    <color name="red">#CC0000</color>
+    <color name="green">#00FF00</color>
+    <color name="blue">#0000FF</color>
+    <color name="yellow">#FFFF00</color>
+    <color name="gold">#FFD700</color>
+
+    <color name="primary">#FF5722</color>
+    <color name="primary_dark">#E64A19</color>
+    <color name="primary_light">#FFCCBC</color>
+    <color name="primary_disabled">#FFF8AD96</color>
+    <color name="accent">#536DFE</color>
+    <color name="primary_text">#212121</color>
+    <color name="secondary_text">#757575</color>
+    <color name="icons">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="divider">#BDBDBD</color>
+
+    <color name="edit_text">#202020</color>
+    <color name="black_text_87">#DE000000</color>
+    <color name="black_text_54">#8A000000</color>
+    <color name="background_color">#08237e</color>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a710e7edbb40e7fc1a305ff41a7fd0e934907cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <!-- Default screen margins, per the Android Design guidelines. -->
+    <dimen name="activity_margin">16dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="list_item_padding">8dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="content_area_padding">8dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="qr_code_dim">450</dimen>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e1b1cc7652d682eab4e7bee07c49ec38f467554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name">LabNetworking</string>
+    <string name="click_send_to_issue_a_network_request">Click on Button to generate QR Code.</string>
+    <string name="get_qr_string">Get QR Code</string>
+    <string name="send_request_error">Send network request failed.</string>
+    <string name="error_format">%1$s\n\n%2$s</string>
+    <string name="get_request_progress">Performing GET request …</string>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1af9fd9ff8b0a7159f0adf70c7d2d9fa4c30170b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+    <!-- Base application theme. -->
+    <style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.DarkActionBar">
+        <!-- Primary brand color. -->
+        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/md_theme_light_primary</item>
+        <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">@color/md_theme_light_primaryContainer</item>
+        <item name="colorOnPrimary">@color/md_theme_light_onPrimary</item>
+        <!-- Secondary brand color. -->
+        <item name="colorSecondary">@color/md_theme_light_tertiary</item>
+        <item name="colorSecondaryVariant">@color/md_theme_light_secondaryContainer</item>
+        <item name="colorOnSecondary">@color/md_theme_light_onSecondary</item>
+        <item name="colorAccent">@color/md_theme_light_tertiary</item>
+        <!-- Status bar color. -->
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor" tools:targetApi="l">?attr/colorPrimaryVariant</item>
+        <item name="android:selectableItemBackground" tools:targetApi="l">@drawable/background_selector</item>
+        <item name="rippleColor">@color/ripple_light</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <style name="Theme.App.NoActionBar">
+        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
+        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <style name="Theme.App.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
+
+    <style name="Theme.App.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/build.gradle b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39df3f85d4159cc7e0ef4c4634c8c06f00e4b887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
+buildscript {
+    apply from: 'versions.gradle'
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        // Navigation safe-args plugin does had to be declared
+        // in a buildscript block and not in plugins block.
+        classpath deps.navigation.safe_args_plugin
+    }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.application' version '7.2.2' apply false
+    id 'com.android.library' version '7.2.2' apply false
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version '1.7.0' apply false
+}
+
+task clean(type: Delete) {
+    delete rootProject.buildDir
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle.properties b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd0519bb2a9450033b80e5906f766b71d176014f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Project-wide Gradle settings.
+# IDE (e.g. Android Studio) users:
+# Gradle settings configured through the IDE *will override*
+# any settings specified in this file.
+# For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
+# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
+# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
+# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
+# org.gradle.parallel=true
+# AndroidX package structure to make it clearer which packages are bundled with the
+# Android operating system, and which are packaged with your app"s APK
+# https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
+android.useAndroidX=true
+# Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
+kotlin.code.style=official
+# Enables namespacing of each library's R class so that its R class includes only the
+# resources declared in the library itself and none from the library's dependencies,
+# thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e708b1c023ec8b20f512888fe07c5bd3ff77bb8f
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diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f18ff1e0008757e9cc7292d70348ee964da5a7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Sat Jun 04 15:15:23 EDT 2022
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f906e0c811fc9e230eb44819f509cd0627f2600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
+    done
+    case $i in
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew.bat b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..107acd32c4e687021ef32db511e8a206129b88ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/settings.gradle b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c96ad27c8a88406d4fa041a249237ddbcbbf1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+
+include ':app'
diff --git a/Labs/Lab8_Networking/versions.gradle b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/versions.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c7c6a99d239f6885996643f4c826eaaf657e852f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Labs/Lab8_Networking/versions.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+ext.deps = [:]
+
+def versions = [:]
+
+versions.activity = '1.4.0'
+versions.annotations = "1.3.0"
+versions.apache_commons = "2.5"
+versions.appcompat = "1.4.1"
+versions.arch_core = "2.1.0"
+versions.cardview = "1.0.0"
+versions.constraint_layout = "2.1.3"
+versions.core_ktx = "1.7.0"
+versions.coroutines = "1.6.0"
+versions.fragment = "1.4.1"
+versions.junit = "4.12"
+versions.lifecycle = "2.4.1"
+versions.material = "1.5.0"
+versions.navigation = "2.4.2"
+versions.recyclerview = "1.2.1"
+versions.truth = "1.0.1"
+versions.firebase_auth = "21.0.3"
+versions.firebase_database = "20.0.4"
+versions.gson = "2.9.0"
+versions.ktor = "1.6.0"
+versions.preference = "1.2.0"
+versions.play_maps = "18.0.2"
+versions.play_auth = "20.1.0"
+versions.play_location = "19.0.1"
+versions.viewpager2 = "1.0.0"
+versions.databinding = "7.1.2"
+versions.google_gms = "4.3.10"
+versions.recyclerview_selection = "1.1.0"
+versions.palette = "1.0.0"
+
+ext.versions = versions
+
+def build_versions = [:]
+build_versions.min_sdk = 26
+build_versions.compile_sdk = 32
+build_versions.target_sdk = 32
+ext.build_versions = build_versions
+
+def deps = [:]
+
+def play_services = [:]
+play_services.maps = "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:$versions.play_maps"
+play_services.auth = "com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:$versions.play_auth"
+play_services.location = "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$versions.play_location"
+play_services.gms = "com.google.gms:google-services:$versions.google_gms"
+deps.play_services = play_services
+
+def activity = [:]
+activity.runtime = "androidx.activity:activity:$versions.activity"
+activity.activity_ktx = "androidx.activity:activity-ktx:$versions.activity"
+deps.activity = activity
+
+deps.android_gradle_plugin = "com.android.tools.build:gradle:$versions.android_gradle_plugin"
+
+deps.annotations = "androidx.annotation:annotation:$versions.annotations"
+
+deps.app_compat = "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$versions.appcompat"
+
+def databinding = [:]
+databinding.runtime = "androidx.databinding:databinding-runtime:$versions.databinding"
+databinding.databinding_ktx = "androidx.databinding:databinding-ktx:$versions.databinding"
+deps.databinding = databinding
+
+deps.viewpager2 = "androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:$versions.viewpager2"
+
+def arch_core = [:]
+arch_core.runtime = "androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:$versions.arch_core"
+arch_core.testing = "androidx.arch.core:core-testing:$versions.arch_core"
+deps.arch_core = arch_core
+
+def atsl = [:]
+atsl.core = "androidx.test:core:$versions.atsl_core"
+atsl.ext_junit = "androidx.test.ext:junit:$versions.atsl_junit"
+atsl.ext_junit_ktx = "androidx.test.ext:junit-ktx:$versions.atsl_junit"
+atsl.runner = "androidx.test:runner:$versions.atsl_runner"
+atsl.rules = "androidx.test:rules:$versions.atsl_rules"
+deps.atsl = atsl
+
+deps.cardview = "androidx.cardview:cardview:$versions.cardview"
+
+deps.constraint_layout = "androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:$versions.constraint_layout"
+
+deps.core_ktx = "androidx.core:core-ktx:$versions.core_ktx"
+
+def coroutines = [:]
+coroutines.core = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:$versions.coroutines"
+coroutines.android = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:$versions.coroutines"
+deps.coroutines = coroutines
+
+def fragment = [:]
+fragment.runtime = "androidx.fragment:fragment:${versions.fragment}"
+fragment.fragment_ktx = "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:${versions.fragment}"
+deps.fragment = fragment
+
+deps.junit = "junit:junit:$versions.junit"
+
+def kotlin = [:]
+kotlin.test = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit:$versions.kotlin"
+kotlin.plugin = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$versions.kotlin"
+kotlin.allopen = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-allopen:$versions.kotlin"
+deps.kotlin = kotlin
+
+def lifecycle = [:]
+lifecycle.runtime = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.runtime_ktx = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.java8 = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common-java8:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.compiler = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-compiler:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.viewmodel_ktx = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.livedata_ktx = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:$versions.lifecycle"
+lifecycle.extensions = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:$versions.lifecycle"
+deps.lifecycle = lifecycle
+
+deps.material = "com.google.android.material:material:$versions.material"
+
+def navigation = [:]
+navigation.runtime = "androidx.navigation:navigation-runtime:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.runtime_ktx = "androidx.navigation:navigation-runtime-ktx:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.fragment = "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.fragment_ktx = "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.testing = "androidx.navigation:navigation-testing:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.ui = "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.ui_ktx = "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:$versions.navigation"
+navigation.safe_args_plugin = "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:$versions.navigation"
+deps.navigation = navigation
+
+def ktor = [:]
+ktor.client_core = "io.ktor:ktor-client-core:$versions.ktor"
+ktor.client_cio = "io.ktor:ktor-client-cio:$versions.ktor"
+deps.ktor = ktor
+
+def recyclerview = [:]
+recyclerview.core = "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:$versions.recyclerview"
+recyclerview.selection = "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview-selection:$versions.recyclerview_selection"
+deps.recyclerview = recyclerview
+
+deps.transition = "androidx.transition:transition:$versions.transition"
+
+def preference = [:]
+preference.runtime = "androidx.preference:preference:$versions.preference"
+preference.preference_ktx = "androidx.preference:preference-ktx:$versions.preference"
+deps.preference = preference
+
+deps.gson = "com.google.code.gson:gson:$versions.gson"
+
+def firebase = [:]
+firebase.auth = "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:$versions.firebase_auth"
+firebase.database = "com.google.firebase:firebase-database:$versions.firebase_database"
+deps.firebase = firebase
+
+deps.palette = "androidx.palette:palette:$versions.palette"
+deps.palette_ktx = "androidx.palette:palette-ktx:$versions.palette"
+
+ext.deps = deps
+
+static def addRepos(RepositoryHandler handler) {
+    handler.google()
+    handler.mavenCentral()
+}
+ext.addRepos = this.&addRepos
\ No newline at end of file