Implement drawer switches to have animations. Layout enough of artist fragment to demo this. Try out using dynamic colors based on album art for albums.

app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/BrowseActivity.java

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;
 import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
+import android.transition.Slide;
+import android.view.Gravity;
 
 import com.heinrichreimersoftware.materialdrawer.DrawerActivity;
 import com.heinrichreimersoftware.materialdrawer.structure.DrawerItem;
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ public class BrowseActivity extends DrawerActivity {
                     @Override
                     public void onClick(DrawerItem drawerItem, long l, int i) {
                         getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
+                                .setCustomAnimations(R.anim.fragment_enter, R.anim.fragment_exit)
                                 .replace(R.id.fragment_holder, new AlbumsFragment(), "albums")
                                 .commit();
                         closeDrawer();
@@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ public class BrowseActivity extends DrawerActivity {
                     @Override
                     public void onClick(DrawerItem drawerItem, long l, int i) {
                         getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
+                                .setCustomAnimations(R.anim.fragment_enter, R.anim.fragment_exit)
                                 .replace(R.id.fragment_holder, new ArtistFragment(), "artists")
+                                .setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_OPEN)
                                 .commit();
                         closeDrawer();
                     }

app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/adapters/AlbumsAdapter.java

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.adapters;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
+import android.support.v7.graphics.Palette;
+import android.support.v7.widget.CardView;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
 import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.R;
 import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.model.Album;
 import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.viewholders.AlbumViewHolder;
+import com.squareup.picasso.Callback;
 import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;
 
 import io.realm.RealmBasedRecyclerViewAdapter;
@@ -26,9 +30,32 @@ public class AlbumsAdapter extends RealmBasedRecyclerViewAdapter<Album,AlbumView
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onBindRealmViewHolder(AlbumViewHolder albumViewHolder, int i) {
+    public void onBindRealmViewHolder(final AlbumViewHolder albumViewHolder, int i) {
         albumViewHolder.artistName.setText(realmResults.get(i).getArtist());
         albumViewHolder.albumName.setText(realmResults.get(i).getAlbumname());
-        Picasso.with(albumViewHolder.itemView.getContext()).load(realmResults.get(i).getCover_small()).into(albumViewHolder.albumArt);
+        Picasso.with(albumViewHolder.itemView.getContext()).load(realmResults.get(i).getCover_small()).into(albumViewHolder.albumArt, new Callback() {
+            @Override
+            public void onSuccess() {
+                Palette colors = Palette.from(((BitmapDrawable)albumViewHolder.albumArt.getDrawable()).getBitmap()).generate();
+                Palette.Swatch swatch = null;
+                swatch = colors.getVibrantSwatch();
+                if(swatch == null) {
+                    swatch = colors.getMutedSwatch();
+                }
+                if(swatch == null && colors.getSwatches().size()>0) {
+                    swatch = colors.getSwatches().get(0);
+                }
+                if(swatch != null) {
+                    ((CardView)albumViewHolder.itemView).setCardBackgroundColor(swatch.getRgb());
+                    albumViewHolder.albumName.setTextColor(swatch.getTitleTextColor());
+                    albumViewHolder.artistName.setTextColor(swatch.getBodyTextColor());
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError() {
+
+            }
+        });
     }
 }

app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/fragments/AlbumsFragment.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class AlbumsFragment extends Fragment {
                 triggerDBUpdate();
             }
         });
-        recyclerView.setAdapter(new AlbumsAdapter(getActivity(), db.where(Album.class).findAll(), true, true, null));
+        recyclerView.setAdapter(new AlbumsAdapter(getActivity(), db.where(Album.class).findAllSorted("albumname"), true, true, null));
         recyclerView.post(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {

app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/fragments/ArtistFragment.java

@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.fragments;
 
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+
+import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.R;
 
 public class ArtistFragment extends Fragment {
+    @Nullable
+    @Override
+    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_artists,container,false);
+        return v;
+    }
 }

app/src/main/res/anim/fragment_enter.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<set>
+    <translate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+        android:fromXDelta="100%"
+        android:toXDelta="0"
+        android:interpolator="@android:anim/decelerate_interpolator"
+        android:duration="@android:integer/config_mediumAnimTime"/>
+</set>

app/src/main/res/anim/fragment_exit.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<set>
+<translate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:fromXDelta="0"
+    android:toXDelta="-100%"
+    android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator"
+    android:duration="@android:integer/config_mediumAnimTime"/>
+</set>

app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_artists.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<co.moonmonkeylabs.realmrecyclerview.RealmRecyclerView
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:id="@+id/artist_list"
+    app:rrvLayoutType="LinearLayout"
+    app:rrvIsRefreshable="true"
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" />