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.
I found that some superhero movies don't have a backdrop, and open their detail page would result an error. Finally I use a Nil-Coalescing Operator to set the backdrop path to empty value if the movie has no backdrop.
- (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.
Normal (iPhone 8)
Larger Screen (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
Horizontal
Running on real device (iPhone 12 Pro)
I had some difficulty when dealing with the autosize configuration. It's not easy to decide which side to align and align to where. I spend about 30 mins to set and fix autosize.
I use iOS 14.5 beta on my phone so I found I need to use the Xcode beta to build on my phone. I also had some issue with the signature, and it took me some time to resolve it.