Flixster is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 15 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.
- User can view the large movie poster by tapping on a cell.
- Customize the UI.
- Customize the navigation bar.
- Customize the selection effect of the cell.
- For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
The following additional features are implemented:
- Managed to get viewer to access movie trailers.
- User sees a loading state while waiting for the movies to load.
- User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie.
- User sees an error message when there's a networking error.
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):
- How to integrate the search bar into one's code.
- How to add more animations into one's code.
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
- Interaction with API was new and different from what I had ever encountered.
- Git pull and push using the terminal commands.
List an 3rd party libraries, icons, graphics, or other assets you used in your app.
- AFNetworking - networking task library
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