Time spent: not sure exactly, probably around 10 hours
Completed user stories:
- Required: User can view a list of movies from Rotten Tomatoes. Poster images must be loading asynchronously.
- Required: User can view movie details by tapping on a cell
- Required: User sees loading state while waiting for movies API. You can use one of the 3rd party libraries here.
- Required: User sees error message when there's a networking error. You may not use UIAlertView to display the error. See this screenshot for what the error message should look like: network error screenshot.
- Required: User can pull to refresh the movie list.
- All images fade in (optional)
- For the large poster, load the low-res image first, switch to high-res when complete (optional)
- All images should be cached in memory and disk. In other words, images load immediately upon cold start (optional).
- Add a tab bar for Box Office and DVD. (optional)
Notes:
I included some inline questions on iOS style/conventions, indicated by "// QUESTION". Also I've never coded in Objective C before, so it would be cool to validate that I'm doing everything correctly. Thanks!
Walkthrough of all user stories: