Flicks App is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 8 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.
- Customize the UI.
The following additional features are implemented:
- added more data to each cell
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):
- I had a hard time to excute a function upon success of the retrival of the data
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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The hardest part was to excute the function to reload the table view upon success of the networking request Notes: My app is not slow I delayed the time of the funciton to display the animations
Copyright 2016 Faisal Abu Jabal
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Flicks App is a movies app displaying box office and top rental DVDs using The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 2 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can view movie details by tapping on a cell.
- User can select from a tab bar for either Now Playing or Top Rated movies.
- Customize the selection effect of the cell.
The following optional features are implemented:
- For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
- Customize the navigation bar.
The following additional features are implemented:
- the title of the tab bar view controllers change programmatically depending on what endpoint I am using
- implemented two extra endpoints (upcoming and popular)
- added a scroll view for the movie detail page
- add a network error message from last week
- images fade in if they are loaded from the network from last week
- added an edge swipe gesture to return from the details viewer to the table view
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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The hardest part was coming up with ideas to add to the app, and learning about Closures so I can do actions on success and on fail of the retrival of the data from the movie database API.
Sources of the icons: thenounproject.com Thanks to: Daouna Jeong, Studio Fibonacci, Xavier Girones, and Calvin Goodman
Copyright 2016 Faisal Abu Jabal
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