Project 3 - Parsetagram

Parsetagram is a photo sharing app using Parse as its backend.

Time spent: 30 hours spent in total

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• [X] User can sign up to create a new account using Parse authentication
• [X] User can log in and log out of his or her account
• [X] The current signed in user is persisted across app restarts
• [X] User can take a photo, add a caption, and post it to "Instagram"
• [X] User can view the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram"
• [X] User can pull to refresh the last 20 posts submitted to "Instagram"
• [X] User can load more posts once he or she reaches the bottom of the feed using infinite Scrolling
• [X] User can tap a post to view post details, including timestamp and creation
• [X] User can use a tab bar to switch between all "Instagram" posts and posts published only by the user.

The following optional features are implemented:

• [X] Show the username and creation time for each post
• [ ] After the user submits a new post, show a progress HUD while the post is being uploaded to Parse.
• [ ] User Profiles:
  • [ ] Allow the logged in user to add a profile photo
  • [ ] Display the profile photo with each post
  • [ ] Tapping on a post's username or profile photo goes to that user's profile page
• [X] User can comment on a post and see all comments for each post in the post details screen.
• [ ] User can like a post and see number of likes for each post in the post details screen.
• [ ] Run your app on your phone and use the camera to take the photo

The following additional features are implemented:

• [X] List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality!

--------------- ADDITIONAL FEATURES ---------------

• DETAILS PAGE VIEW
  • Horizontal image scroll in details view
  • Faded commenting on images w/ expanding comment view
  • Send as mail option
  • Save image to library option
  • Print option
  • Copy option
  • Variable image resize
  • Display buttons
• Transparent UI image polish
• Sticky table headers
• Nav bar/Tab bar design
• Navigating icons
• Settings page
• Logout option

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. Fluid integration of Swift models with Parse backend
2. Navigation stack and view controller hierarchy access

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

https://imgur.com/HtpgmFs

GIF created with LiceCap.

Credits

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

• AFNetworking - networking task library
• [EBPhotoPages] (https://github.com/EddyBorja/EBPhotoPages) - photo browser library

Notes

The project went smoothly overall. Minor difficulties with navigating between multiple view controller stacks.

License

Copyright [2016] [Nancy Xu]

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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