Flix is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.
Time spent: 15 hours spent in total
The following required functionality is complete:
- User sees an app icon on the home screen and a styled launch screen.
- 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.
- User sees an error message when there's a networking error.
- User can tap a tab bar button to view a grid layout of Movie Posters using a CollectionView.
The following optional features are implemented:
- User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie
- User can search for a movie.
- All images fade in as they are loading.
- User can view the large movie poster by tapping on a cell.
- For the large poster, load the low resolution image first and then switch to the high resolution image when complete.
- Customize the selection effect of the cell.
- Customize the navigation bar.
- Customize the UI.
- User can view the app on various device sizes and orientations.
- Run your app on a real device.
The following additional features are implemented:
- User can view trailers on detail pages.
- Poster corners are rounded and addtional shadows are added.
- A border is added around dropdown posters.
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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- AFNetworking - networking task library
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