:: Project Summary

Vimeo Feed is an iOS XCode project/component designed to retrieve a user’s video feed through the user’s Vimeo video RSS feed. Video title and thumbnails are loaded into a table view where each cell can be selected to view either the Vimeo video player directly, or a custom view with thumbnail and description of the video which can then open the video in the embedded browser view.

:: Project Details

Vimeo Feed is an iOS XCode project which illustrates the versatility of utilizing the built in URL request objects along with the XML parsing objects to perform GET transactions against the Vimeo RSS generator in order to allow for retrieval of video feeds from a specific user’s account. Then utilizing the table view and custom table view cell style objects, the information retrieved from the Vimeo RSS feed can then be displayed in an easy to read and uniformly dynamic layout to be presented to the user. All together this application is a quick and easy way to include your Vimeo videos within your own application to increase your media exposure and introduce the ability to showcase a wider range of media and interactive features in your application.

This particular application has been designed to be as compatible as possible with the broad range of iOS devices while also maintaining an ease of use for the end-user and an easy setup process for the application builder. The specific examples built in to the project application showcase videos from a randomly selected user on the Vimeo network who happened to have 30+ videos available to showcase the speed of the application when loading long lists of videos. Setting up the application is as easy as inserting your Vimeo video RSS feed URL into the designated area of the code which is clearly marked and explained in the source code files.

The layout and arrangement of the source code in the .h and .m files, as well as the .xib files makes it very easy to integrate the navigation based project directly into your own project, or even migrating the code and components over to your existing project. You even have a base layer of graphics available for modification, inspiration, or at least reference when specifying the various icons required for cross-device compatibility. The .plist file has been updated to include the icon array used to specify the available icons which the Apple devices will then choose from based on which icon is needed by the device be it the iPhone/iTouch, including Retina display, or the iPad.

This application also incorporates the use of a navigation controller to provide a video detail screen viewable by selecting a video from the main table. This video detail screen is enabled to show a larger thumbnail of the video, while also retrieving the title, and description that has been specified for that video. To reduce network bandwidth and increase application efficiency, the images are downloaded, converted to data objects and stored into an array locally. This allows for the image to only be downloaded once while displayed in multiple locations across the application. The result is a smooth scroll in the table view, faster load times, and reduced lag between transitions.

An embedded Web View is used to view the Vimeo videos removing the need to use the iOS Safari browser and keeping the user within your application. This version also utilizes the built in iOS Default Cell Style option with some customization for greatly improved scrolling and reduced memory overhead compared to custom created cell styles.

To retrieve the RSS feed for a user’s videos, simply browse to that user’s account on Vimeo and select their “Videos” section. Once you are on this page, view the HTML source for the page and locate the section of code similar to the following: . Copy the link found in the “href” attribute and paste that into the VideoRssUrl section of the application files.

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:: Included

Contained within the ZIP file downloaded from the Envato Marketplace / CodeCanyon website, you will find five (5) different directories; Application, Documentation, Graphics, Screenshots, Legal.

The Application directory contains all of the source code files and XCode project file needed to load and build the Twitter Feed application on your own machine, and integrate the necessary files with your own projects. Archives of previous versions are included.
The Documentation directory contains the Help document.
The Graphics folder contains the PNG versions of each Apple device icon such as the standard icon for iPhone 3/3GS, higher resolution Retina version, and icon for iPad size. It also includes the AppStore icon as well as the Source PNG file designed within Adobe Fireworks. Now included are two example of loading screen images as required by Apple in standard iPhone resolution and retina resolution.
The Screenshots folder contains various reference screenshots of the application on the home screen and while being used.
The Legal folder contains the trademark and copyright notices for any source and credit attributions.

:: Icon Files

I’ve included seven (7) PNG Icon files with this project:

Application Icon for Apple AppStore
Application Icon for iPad devices
Application Icon for Retina devices
Application Icon for Standard iPhone/iTouch devices
Source PNG file used to generate the aforementioned Icon files
Loading Screen Image for Standard iPhone/iTouch devices
Loading Screen Image for Retina devices

Each respective Icon file was formatted according to Apple’s Icon and Image standards and specified in their developer guides and documentation.

:: Application Versions

This XCode project was built using the following application and framework versions, and tested on a live iPhone 4 device running the latest software release:

XCode Version 4.0 (4A304a)
Interface Builder Integrated with XCode 4
iOS Simulator Version 4.3 (238.2)
Active SDK iOS Version 4.3

:: Release Versions

Version 1.0.0

Core Application

:: Update Notification

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:: Sources & Credits

The following represents the legal copyright and trademark notices for the various elements in this project.

The Vimeo name and logo, are trademarks of Vimeo, LLC. in the United States and other countries
The RSS icon used in the application icons provided with this project was provided under the Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) by Snap2Objects (www.snap2objects.com). Snap2Objects does not endorse either The Neezio Group, the Twitter Feed application, or the use of the RSS icon in the application icons.