Flickster 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.

• (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.

• IOS Swift Storyboard == Android XML
  • a bit more better integrated, Android requires a bit more manual calling of scenes whereas a storyboard can contain multiple/different scenes
• swift == java
• Cocoa touch class for creating a view controller
• Add images by drag and drop into the opened Assets folder
• Launch screen is essentially a static display, can't link w/ code
• Use UITableView
• Adopt a strict approach when following and using the code when practicing/learning the basics
• IMPORTANT: configure project to use Storyboard as the main UI
• ensure DEBUG is disabled ie ensure breakpoints are turned off b/c the DEBUG mode is not the usual intelliji UI
• Outlets are similar to Android's view.findSomeViewVar(R.id.someViewVariable)
• Swift requires casting of objects -- to what extent? does it only apply to strings, UDTs? what about integers, floats, doubles

Pod Notes:

• Usage of pods require opening the xcode project file from the <proj_name>.xcworkspace file instead of the <proj_name>.xcodeproj
• Initialize the pod

pod init

• Installing external dependencies

pod install

• Remove all traces of pods
  

1. Install tool for removing all traces of pods

sudo gem install cocoapods-deintegrate

2. Run command in project

pod deintegrate

Creating a table viewer(Design):

1. Select [+] from top right
2. Select table view and resize appropriately
3. Do ctrl + drag on table view to the associated controller code

Creating a table viewer(Code):

1. inherit from the necessary classes: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate
2. Implement the required funcs as a result of inheritance
3. Implement client fetching of data within the controller viewDidLoad
4. Call reloading of the TableView member variable after the client completes data fetching

Debugging Reminders:

• utilize print statements to be called within each func -- "sprinkling breadcrumbs"
• "key-compliant" error due to outlet