Project 1 - Flixter

Flixter is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.

Time spent: 10 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is complete:

• [X] User sees an app icon on the home screen and a styled launch screen.
• [X] User can view a list of movies currently playing in theaters from The Movie Database.
• [X] Poster images are loaded using the UIImageView category in the AFNetworking library.
• [X] User sees a loading state while waiting for the movies API.
• [X] User can pull to refresh the movie list.
• [X] User sees an error message when there's a networking error.
• [X] User can tap a tab bar button to view a grid layout of Movie Posters using a CollectionView.

The following optional features are implemented:

• [X] User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie
• [X] User can search for a movie.
• [X] 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.
• [X] Customize the navigation bar.
• [X] Customize the UI.
• [ ] Run your app on a real device.

The following additional features are implemented:

• [X] User can tap on poster in detail view to watch the trailer.
• [X] For each movie displayed, users can see the following details: Title, Synopsis, Poster Image

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):

1. How to ensure that the app looks good on screens of various size/can rescale to fit to different devices
2. How to abstract some of the functions that are shared across various view controllers (for example, loading poster images)

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

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Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

Since this was my first time working with iOS app development in general, and XCode and objective C as well, there was a slight learning curve in learning how to manage the storyboards, objects, code, and the relationships between them. For example, I found DetailsView more difficult to set up, but by looking through CodePath resources, asking for help in the classroom, and utilizing online resources, I was able to complete the step while growing to better understand the steps involved in building an iOS app.

Credits

List an 3rd party libraries, icons, graphics, or other assets you used in your app.

• AFNetworking - networking task library
• youtube-ios-player-helper - YouTube helper library

License

Copyright 2022 Kathy Zhong

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

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