Flix

Flix is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.

Flix Part 2

User Stories

REQUIRED (10pts)

• [x] (5pts) User can tap a cell to see more details about a particular movie.
• [x] (5pts) User can tap a tab bar button to view a grid layout of Movie Posters using a CollectionView.

BONUS

• [ ] (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.

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Notes

For the second part, the most challenging aspect was configuring the Collection View so that it was properly formatted. At first I struggled to format the image cells so that they were the proper size and filled up the screen in a clean manner. I was able to work through this by learning more about formatting the specifications of Collection Views.

Flix Part 1

User Stories

REQUIRED (10pts)

• [x] (2pts) User sees an app icon on the home screen and a styled launch screen.
• [x] (5pts) User can view and scroll through a list of movies now playing in theaters.
• [x] (3pts) User can view the movie poster image for each movie.

BONUS

• [ ] (2pt) User can view the app on various device sizes and orientations.
• [x] (1pt) Run your app on a real device.

App Walkthrough GIF

Notes

One of the challenges encountered when building this app was understanding how Swift makes URLSessions for making API calls. Another challenge was properly understanding how type casting works in Swift.