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frogobox/kick-start-android

46.9

Weak · 21 September 2026

2.4k

lines of production code

Kotlin

primary language

4

measurements over time

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What this system is

This system is an Android application focused on managing meal data through a modern, dependency-injected architecture. It combines a local Room database with a remote API client, exposing data via Kotlin Flows and standardizing UI states. The project is built using Kotlin DSL for configuration and relies on Hilt for dependency injection.

Features

Introduce meal data layer with Hilt dependency injection and Room database

The app now includes a complete data layer for managing meal information, featuring a Room database (ProjectDatabase) with a MealDao for local storage, and a Retrofit-based API client (MealApiService) for remote data. These are wired together using Hilt for dependency injection, providing repositories and use cases that expose data via Kotlin Flows. Additionally, a generic BaseAdapter for RecyclerViews and a Resource sealed class for handling loading, success, and error states have been added to support the new architecture.

app/src · high confidence

Architecture

Migrate buildSrc to Kotlin DSL and add project configuration files

The buildSrc module has been migrated from Groovy to Kotlin DSL, introducing new Kotlin source files (ProjectAds.kt, ProjectSetting.kt) that centralize project settings such as versioning, SDK targets, and AdMob identifiers. This change updates the build system's configuration structure, affecting how the project is built and configured.

buildSrc · high confidence

Behavioural changes

Upgraded Gradle wrapper to version 9.4.1

The Gradle wrapper has been updated from version 5.4.1 to 9.4.1. This change updates the build tooling used to compile and run the project, which may affect build performance and compatibility with newer Android Gradle Plugin versions.

gradle · high confidence

Dependencies

Migrate Android build system from Groovy to Kotlin DSL

The project's build configuration has been migrated from Groovy-based Gradle scripts (build.gradle, settings.gradle) to Kotlin DSL (build.gradle.kts, settings.gradle.kts). This includes updating the Android Gradle Plugin to version 9.2.0, enabling ViewBinding and BuildConfig generation, and configuring Hilt, KSP, and Room compiler dependencies. The migration also updates the Java/Kotlin target to version 17 and configures signing and resource injection for both debug and release builds.

(dependencies) · medium confidence

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

How this codebase got here

This is the PUBLIC form of this artifact. Findings are listed in full, but the details of SECURITY findings — which rule fired, in which file, on which line, and how to fix it — are deliberately withheld, and any secret-scanner results are excluded entirely. Where detail is absent here it was REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION; it is not missing from the analysis. The complete artifact is available from the repository owner.

Score

  • CAI 44 → 47 (+2.4)
  • Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

Lenses

  • Code Health 98 → 99 (+0.9)
  • Architecture 100 → 100 (+0.0)
  • Maturity 57 → 57 (+0.0)
  • Readiness 36 → 36 (-0.2)
  • Security 49 → 56 (+6.3)
  • Domain Modelling 38 → 45 (+6.3)

Resolved (15)

  • Dependency hygiene not measured — dependency manifest found but not parsed for hygiene
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/favorite/FavoriteFragment.kt)
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 3) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/detail/DetailActivity.kt)
  • Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/favorite/FavoriteFragment.kt)
  • Duplicated block (6 lines × 10) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 3) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 11) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/MealDataSource.kt)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • No exposed public API
  • single-maintainer — knowledge-concentration (bus factor) risk

New (29)

  • Dependency hygiene PARTLY measured — Maven/Gradle declarations read, no dependency graph resolved
  • Documentation: no contributor guidance (README.md)
  • Documentation: no installation or build instructions (README.md)
  • Documentation: no usage examples (README.md)
  • Duplicated block (10 lines × 11) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/MealDataSource.kt)
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 3) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/detail/DetailActivity.kt)
  • Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/favorite/FavoriteFragment.kt)
  • Duplicated block (20 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/ui/favorite/FavoriteFragment.kt)
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 10) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 3) (app/src/main/java/com/frogobox/kickstart/domain/source/meal/repository/MealRepositoryImpl.kt)
  • High secret: WD-SECRET-0004 (app/frogoboxmedia.jks)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • High: security finding (details withheld)
  • Leaked secret: private-key-store (app/frogoboxmedia.jks)
  • Medium: security finding (details withheld)
  • Medium: security finding (details withheld)
  • …and 9 more

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

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About this page

  • The score is its most recent published measurement, taken on 21 September 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit ae02b478a90aa6a2286f3a408c35faed1b5ce491 — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric-2026.09.15 — the same rubric and the same method as every other entry in this index.
  • Measured by watchdog.canine.dev using codehealth-analyzer preprod-fa71c66cabd8.