Flix 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.
It was confusing trying to understand and remember the hierarchy between the view controllers and the UI cells. I think with a little more practice I can get it down and it will become my second nature. This time, I challenged myself by letting myself mess around with the app to see what other implementations I can add along with trying to go to the next step without strictly following the guided videos.
- (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.
Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
- Difficult to resize the synopsis label to fit the entire text within the label
- Next build should have ability to expand on synopsis by expanding the cell.