Flixster is an app that allows users to browse movies from the The Movie Database API.
- (5pts) User can tap a cell to see more details about a particular movie.
- (5pts) User can tap a tab bar button to view a grid layout of Movie Posters using a CollectionView.
- (2pts) User can tap a poster in the collection view to see a detail screen of that movie.
- (2pts) In the detail view, when the user taps the poster, a new screen is presented modally where they can view the trailer.
While developing this second part of the Flixster app, I faced a couple of challenges. The issue that took me the longest to figure out occured while trying to setup the Colleciton View. Things were not matching with what the instruction videos were showing and unexpected errors were occured. After a while, I realized the cause of the issue was that one of my files had the wrong name. Another issue I faced was related to the size of the posters. I fixed this issue by changing the Estimate Size of the UIImageView from automatic to None. The TAs were really helpful in debugging with me.
- (2pts) User sees an app icon on the home screen and a styled launch screen.
- (5pts) User can view and scroll through a list of movies now playing in theaters.
- (3pts) User can view the movie poster image for each movie.
- (2pt) User can view the app on various device sizes and orientations.
- (1pt) Run your app on a real device.
While building the first part of the Flixster app, I did not encounter any significant challenges. I really enjoyed following the instruction videos: I thought everything was explained very clearly. Additionally, I liked having walkthrough vidoes because I was able to watch them over again as many times as I needed in order to understand the concepts.