Xcode 12.4 Swift 5
UIKit Combine
The architecture is a variation of MVVM with unidirectional data flow with Combine.
The Employee Directory object fetches the data and returns a FetchState object that's a twist on Result since I wanted an initial state as well (aka none).
The UI is updated automatically whenever the state changes (kind of like SwiftUI) in a single method updateUI.
Images are cached using a custom URLCache object defined on a custom URLSession. I decided to prefetch the small images while loading the directory. The images seemed relatively small (~24KB) and they all loaded very quickly even on a cellular connection. The full size images are currently not fetched at all. If there was a detail view then they would be loaded lazily and cached as well.
I created a custom icon as well and used the new UILaunchScreen key in info.plist. I left the main Storyboard even though it only adds a NavigationController. Sometimes less code is better.
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The app is universal and will work on iPhones and iPad an either orientation. It also supports dark mode, adaptive text sizes, and localized text.
I spent about 6~7 hours on this project.
It's been a while since I built a project from scratch. Tried including some new frameworks like Combine, DiffableDataSource, List Layout, Cell Registration and Configuration.