Project 1 & 2 - Flicks

Flicks is a movies app displaying box office and top rental DVDs using The Movie Database API.

Time spent: 25 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• [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 can view movie details by tapping on a cell.
• [X] User can select from a tab bar for either Now Playing or Top Rated movies.
• [X] Customize the selection effect of the cell.

The following optional features are implemented:

• [X] User sees an error message when there's a networking error.
• [X] Movies are displayed using a CollectionView instead of a TableView.
• [X] User can search for a movie.
• [X] All images fade in as they are loading.
• [X] Customize the UI.
• [X] For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
• [X] Customize the navigation bar.

The following additional features are implemented:

• [X] List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality!
• added a navigation controller that connets to a 2nd view contoller which shows movies in a collection view.
• Added a new color to the navigation bar
• Added color to the navigation bar title and buttons
• Title displays as navigation title in details view
• Changed font and size of navigation title
• Added a splash screen
• Added an app Icon
• Changed titles of Navigation Bar Buttons
• Added a Upcoming Tab for upcoming movies
• Added icons to tabs

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. Implimenting a search bar
2. Implinemting a 2nd view for network errors.

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

GIF created with LiceCap.

Notes

Issues with layout mostly.

License

Copyright [2017] [SqueakyHeatr]

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