Movie Flicks is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 10 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is complete:
- User can view a list of movies currently playing in theaters from The Movie Database.
- Poster images are loaded using the UIImageView category in the AFNetworking library.
- User sees a loading state while waiting for the movies API.
- User can pull to refresh the movie list.
The following optional features are implemented:
- User sees an error message when there's a networking error.
- Movies are displayed using a CollectionView instead of a TableView.
- User can search for a movie.
- All images fade in as they are loading.
- Customize the UI.
The following additional features are implemented:
- Designed app icons & launch screen images
- Clicking on movie, opens movie details page
Please list two areas of the assignment you'd like to discuss further with your peers during the next class (examples include better ways to implement something, how to extend your app in certain ways, etc):
- Want to learn of ways to work with LaunchScreen storyboard for customizing layout for all iOS devices
- CollectionView vs TableView, which context should we prefer to use one over the other
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Challenges faced were mostly towards passing data from one segue to another, which I found to be tricky.
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Movie Flicks is a movies app displaying box office and top rental DVDs using The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 10 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can view movie details by tapping on a cell.
- User can select from a tab bar for either Now Playing or Top Rated movies.
- Customize the selection effect of the cell.
The following optional features are implemented:
- For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
- Customize the navigation bar.
The following additional features are implemented:
- User can select from additional end points from tab bar: Popular & Upcoming
- Tab Bar is customized to the app design style
- User can now search for movies
Please list two areas of the assignment you'd like to discuss further with your peers during the next class (examples include better ways to implement something, how to extend your app in certain ways, etc):
- Ways to customize Tab Bar & Navigation Bar
- How can other iOS capabilities be incorporated in Flicks app
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Faced difficulty to work with youtube player pod and couldn't get it to work
Copyright 2016 Aditya Purandare
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
http://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.