Cineasterna

2020 - swift swiftui ios tvos video streaming

Cineasterna is a streaming video service that lets users watch movies for free with a public library card. The service is available in Sweden, Norway & Finland.Cineasterna logo

After being a Cineasterna user for many years, I approached them in 2020, due to the lack of a native app for iOS and tvOS.

After showing a SwiftUI demo, Cineasterna trusted me with developing a first app for tvOS:

Screenshot from the Cineasterna iPad app

Once the tvOS app was out, we could reuse much of the code and views to build a version of the app for iOS & iPadOS:

Screenshot from the Cineasterna iPad app

The app lets users browse movies in shelves & grids and through filters & search. Users can manage their favorites, switch libraries and watch any movies they like for free.

The app syncs data between devices and remembers movie position to let users resume a previous watch. The iOS app also supports AirPlay & Chromecast.

Since these apps, Cineasterna has trusted my company with developing an Android app as well. This app is developed by the Studio Violet with me as project lead.


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