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.
Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
It was slightly difficult determining the correct spacing for the collection view so that the movie posters, which were rectangles that had longer heights than widths, would be able to fit in a nice aesthetic fashion.
- (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.
During this app, there was an issue connecting the main storyboard, specifically the tableView to the MovieViewController class, which was due to an error in the initial creation of the file which required backtracking and small syntax fixes to resolve.