/CountryRest

An iOS app that uses the free restcountries.eu api.

Primary LanguageObjective-C

CountryRest

An iOS app that uses the free restcountries.eu api.

###Step 1:

  • Initialize pods to get a podfile
    • pod init
  • Add AFNetworking to the podfile
    • pod 'SVProgressHUD'
  • Run pod install command
    • pod install

###Step 2:

  • Add an object
    • Properties: name, capital, population
    • Add initWithDictionary
  • Add a CountryController
  • Add a getCountriesWithName: method with a completion handler
    • - (void)getCountriesWithName:(NSString *)name completion:(void (^)(NSArray *countries))completion;
    • The method should create an NSURLSessionDataTask and then parse the response

###Step 4:

  • Add an interface to the viewController
    • IBOutlet for a textField in order to populate the search
    • IBAction to trigger the search from a button
      • Trigger SVProgressHUD to display
      • In the search method call the getCountries method
      • You'll need to escape the string stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
    • IBOutlets for labels to display the country found (name, capital, population)
  • In the completion of the search update the labels and turn off the SVProgressHUD display