This is a simple app made as part of a 7 day challenge. The app consumes the newsapi.org and displays its fetched content in a home screen and an article screen, both being beautifully designed and animated.
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In the website https://newsapi.org/ generate a free API key.
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In the file NewsApp/Shared/Info.plist, under the key NEWS_API_KEY, swap the content YOUR_KEY_HERE by the key you generated on the website.
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Run the project using a simulator of your choice.
I used the VIPER architecture to structure the project, so the app can be dissected into 5 main layers:
- View: components that render the app's interface
- Interactor: components that implement the system's networking logic
- Presenter: components that manage the communication between interactor and view components
- Entity: components that represent data
- Router: components that implement the app's view cycle and navigation
Besides the layers, VIPER also has another very important feature, which is that all layers (except the Entity layer) must communicate with each other through protocols. In other words: it is a Protocol Oriented architecture, which is very powerful for testing and scalability.
Yes, the project is very small, so there is no material need for me to use such a robust architecture like VIPER. I'm well aware its overkill. However, this project was made as part of a challenge, so in order for me to show the people who challenged me that I can do VIPER stuff, I did it. Also, its good for my portfolio, I think this is the first VIPER project that I put on github.
I don't like this, but unfortunately, when I ask for brazilian news on the API, all of its responses come without images. And in order for me to show off my animation/graphics/frontend skills I needed the images, so that is why I am querying US news instead of brazilian news on the API.