Project 2: Movie Browser

Objectives

• Become more comfortable with JS and React Native.
• Develop workflow for developing mobile apps.
• Use live APIs for fetching data.
• Use external libraries for additional functionality.
• Create a multi-page application.

Getting Started

Download the distro code for your first game from https://cdn.cs50.net/mobile/2019/x/projects/2/project2.zip and unzip project2.zip, which should yield a directory called project2.

Then, in a terminal window (located in /Applications/Utilities on Mac or by typing cmd in the Windows task bar), move to the directory where you extracted project2 (recall that the cd command can change your current directory), and run

cd project2

To get started, follow the directions in your project README.

FAQs

• Do I need to use the API?
  • Yes. The goal of this assignment is to learn how to use live APIs for fetching data. The mock data in the repo was only for testing if you wanted to start the project before the lecture on data.
• What is the challenge for this project?
  • The challenge for this project is to add a settings screen (accessed via a tab navigator) that allows you to configure your results from the API.
• Is there extra credit for completing the challenge?
  • Nope, the challenge is just a fun feature that I recommend adding if you finish early!
• Do we need to test on both iOS and Android?
  • Nope, as long as it works on at least one of the platforms, you’re all set. We’ll assume iOS unless specified otherwise.