Flix is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.
- (5pts) User can tap a cell to see more details about a particular movie.
- (5pts) User can tap a tab bar button to view a grid layout of Movie Posters using a CollectionView.
- (2pts) User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie.
- (2pts) In the detail view, when the user taps the poster, a new screen is presented modally where they can view the trailer.
Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
- While following the videos, I encountered a problem where my app would crash whenever I clicked the Superhero tab and gave th error message "Thread 1: Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value".
- I tried to look up how to fix my mistake and look through other questions in the discussion forum and eventually got rid of the error so when I clicked the Superhero tab it worked, but the images on the page were super small and I couldn't figure out why.
- (2pts) User sees an app icon on the home screen and a styled launch screen.
- (5pts) User can view and scroll through a list of movies now playing in theaters.
- (3pts) User can view the movie poster image for each movie.
- (2pt) User can view the app on various device sizes and orientations.
- (1pt) Run your app on a real device.
Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.