sammanthp007/flicks

iOS app that show top rated movies and movies that are playing now

Project 1 - Flicks

Flicks is a movies app using the The Movie Database API.

Time spent: 3 hours spent in total

User Stories

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.

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. Making API calls
2. Building more custom views

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

GIF created with LiceCap.

Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

License

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

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.

Assignment 2

Project 2 - Flicks

Flicks is a movies app displaying box office and top rental DVDs using The Movie Database API.

Time spent: 5 hours spent in total

User Stories

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:

• [✔] Search Bar was implemented
• [✔] Coloring of the bacjground

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):

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

GIF created with LiceCap.

Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

License

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

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.

flicks's Issues

Project Feedback!

👍 Nice work! The point of this homework was to get a chance to implement a TableView (one of the most common views in iOS) and to work with real data over the network (in this case from the Movies Database API).

A key part of these projects is that you add additional features and tweak the UI / UX because that will provide the most learning opportunities. We encourage you to complete the projects early each week with the required stories and then spend time adding your own UI elements and experimenting with optional extensions that will improve the user experience.

We have a detailed Assignment 1 Feedback Guide which covers the best practices for implementing this assignment. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine ways you might be able to improve your submission. You should consider going back and implementing these improvements as well. Keep in mind that one of the most important parts of iOS development is learning the correct patterns and conventions.

If you have any particular questions about the assignment or the feedback, feel free to reply here or email us at [email protected].