Tumblr Photos is a photo browsing app using the The Tumblr API.
Time spent: 3 hours spent in total
The following required user stories are complete:
- User can scroll through a feed of images returned from the Tumblr API (5pts)
The following stretch user stories are implemented:
- User sees an alert when there's a networking error (+1pt)
- While poster is being fetched, user see's a placeholder image (+1pt)
- User sees image transition for images coming from network, not when it is loaded from cache (+1pt)
- Customize the selection effect of the cell (+1pt)
The following additional user stories are implemented:
- List anything else that you can get done to improve the app functionality! (+1-3pts)
Please list two areas of the assignment you'd like to discuss further with your peers during the next class (examples include better ways to implement something, how to extend your app in certain ways, etc):
- How to resize photo displayed in cell based on original photo dimensions
- Click on cell to go to post
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:
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Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.
The instruction videos were confusing at times because of the difference between Swift 2 and Swift 3. It was also hard to debug faulty IB links.
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