Flix 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.
- For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
- Customize the selection effect of the cell.
- Customize the navigation bar.
- Customize the UI.
The following additional features are implemented:
- List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality!
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):
- Making the movie trailers available to the user.
- Figure out how to do media formatting (putting borders around pictures and other elements, changing shapes of things)
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
I was interested in figuring out how to add the translucent shape/box around the activity indicator, but I thought it would be a more valuable use of my time to move onto looking at/polishing other features.
(In general, I want to add in as many features as I can, but I find myself spending a lot of time trying to fully absorb and understand every line that I'm writing (particularly in the process of completing the base requirements); and, while it somewhat hinders how much I can include in the finished product, I'm becoming more and more comfortable with the flow of development which is quite rewarding.)
List an 3rd party libraries, icons, graphics, or other assets you used in your app.
- AFNetworking - networking task library
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