Project 2 - Movie Browser

For this project, you'll be implementing a movie browser. It will allow users to search for movies included in the Open Movie Database and view additional information about any movies they select. Check out the staff solution for a working version.

My solution & Checklist

NOT FINISHED

✘ At least one StackNavigator (used BottomTabNavigator)
✓ A screen that allows users to search for movies
✘ Show more than 10 results if more than 10 results exist
✓ Additional screen that shows information about a selected movie

Requirements

• You may not import libraries other than the below:
  • expo
  • react
  • react-native
  • prop-types
  • react-navigation
  • Any library for icons
• There should be at least one StackNavigator
• There should be a search screen that allows users to search for movies
  • You should show more than 10 results if more than 10 results exist
• There should be a screen that shows additional information about a selected movie

The aesthetics of the app are up to you!

Challenge (Not Required)

• Coming soon!

Getting Started

First, head to this link to install Expo. You'll need the XDE for your computer and the mobile client (Expo app) on your phone. If you prefer, you can also install the iOS simulator (Macs only) and/or the Android emulator.

You'll also need Node.js and NPM installed. You can check if you already have them installed by opening a terminal and running node --version and npm --version. If numbers are printed, you're good to go. If not, install them. You'll probably want the LTS version (v8.x.x). NPM will be installed automatically when you install node.

After installing those software dependencies, you'll need to install your app's "dependencies" (libraries that are required to run the app, such as react, react-native, etc.). Fortunately, it's very easy to do! From a terminal, cd into this directory and run the command npm install. NPM will look at the package.json file's dependencies key and install those libraries, as well as all of those libraries' dependencies (and the dependencies' dependencies and so on).

Now you have everything installed that you need to run the app! Open the Expo XDE app and click the Open existing project... button. Select the folder that contains this file (make sure you have the parent folder and not this file) and press Open.

You should now see two panels with logs. The left will output some messeages, hopefully including Dependency graph loaded.. If you see this message, then your app is running (well technically the bundler that serves your app is running).

You can now open the app on your phone or simulator by clicking one of the buttons in the top right. To open on your phone, click the Share button and scan the QR code from the Expo app on your phone. To open in a simulator, click the Device button and select the simulator into which you want to open your app.

When you have the app open in your phone or simulator, try opening App.js and changing a line. You should see it update on your phone!

If you want to get started before we talk about data fetching in the next lecture, you can use the mock data defined in mockData.js.

Good luck!

Staff Solution

If you want to play with the staff implementation, you can view it using Snack at @jhhayashi/project2-solution.