MovieApp is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 10 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:
- Custom home icon and Loading screen
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):
- How to implement image fading in as they load
- How to create a way to have the poster increase/decrease in size when users scrolls down/upwards
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
- My main personal computer was in repair so development had to be done on an alternate mac computer (setup of dev environment had to be done again for the alternate mac).
- Had trouble placing search bar on collection view properly.
Copyright 2017 Jose A. Guerrero
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MovieApp is a movies app displaying box office and top rental DVDs using The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 7 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:
- added additional information about movie selected, including release date & genre.
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):
- animate the poster image in detailed view when scrolling
- how to load a video, and carousel photo gallery
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
- Trying to properly resize the detail view to allow changing text heights.
- Programmatically add tab bar and attach the two main view controllers to it. (nice)
Copyright 2017 Jose A. Guerrero
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
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.