bolivarbryan / PostsViewer

App for loading posts for your API.

PostsViewer

This Client fetches a post list from jsonplaceholder.typicode.com. By using it you can see the newests posts, favorite, delete and refresh them.

App Architecture

• This Project was built with MVVM Architecture using Reactive Patterns
• In order to implement a precise layout this client uses an Dependency called Snapkit (https://blog.pusher.com/mvvm-ios/).
• Included CoreData as Persistency Manager
• Using XCTest for Unit Tests

Dependencies (Using CocoaPods)

• SnapKit: Used for Programatic Layout Design (http://snapkit.io/)
• Moya: Used for creating a Networking layer (https://github.com/Moya/Moya])
• RxSwift: Implementation of reactive patterns in app (https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxSwift)

Checklist

• Design App Architecture
• Create XCode Project
• Install Dependencies
• Organize project structure
• Create & Test Models
• Create Networking Layer
• Create Post List Controller with Layout
• (Posts, Data Persistence) Connect Database with View Model Controller & Test
• (Posts, Networking layer) Connect Networking layer with Database and update once data is fetched
• Create Post Details View Controller with Layout
• (Post Details) Connect ViewModel With Controller
• (Favorite Post) Integrate Favorite Post
• (Delete Post) Integrate Delete Posts
• (Reload Data) Integrate Data refresh from API

Known issues

• Animations for delete row after user swipes
• Refresh button clears database and then fetch data from api.
• Comments API data structure does not include a createdAt or id, this means that there is not a clear way to sort them unless the id is being automatically generated (like MYSQL auto increment)