Flickr

This sample app shows how to retrieve pictures from Flickr and displays them as a slide show.

Demo

Import Flickr Sample to your Monaca Account

Tested Environment

• Android 11.0

• iOS 14.3

File Components

File	Description
index.html	The startup page
css/style.css	A stylesheet for the project
js/main.js	A JavaScript file for this project
js/jquery.bxslider.js	A Javascript file for photo sliding animation
images/*.png	Image files used in the project

Required JS/CSS Components

• jQuery

HTML Explanation

The following HTML body of index.html file is for the title bar, spinner and container for displaying the images.

<div id="title-bar">
    <h2>Monaca Photo Viewer</h2>
</div>
<div id="loadSpinner"></div>
<div id="container"></div>
<div id="bottom">
  <img src="images/logo-monaca.png" width="160">
</div>

JavaScript Explanation

There are 2 main functions in this sample app which will be explained as follows:

jsonFlickrFeed()

jsonFlickrFeed() is fired when the Flickr API is loaded. The Flickr API is called when the index.html file is loaded. Inside the header of index.html file, there is a line:

<script src="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?format=json" defer></script>

This is where the Flickr API is called. In this function, the retrieved photos are then pushed into a local variable images and the photos are display as a slide show by calling displayPicture() function every 1 second. Below is the JavaScript code of this function:

var images = [];

// This function is fired when the Flickr API is loaded.
function jsonFlickrFeed(result) {
  for (var j in result.items) {
    var img = result.items[j].media.m;
    images.push(img);
  }

  // display next photo every 1 second
  setTimeout(displayPicture, 1000);
}

displayPicture()

displayPicture() displays the photos stored inside images variable (photos retrieved from Flickr) in a container created by HTML code in index.html file. Below is the JavaScript code of this function:

//Display the retrieved photos from Flickr as a slide show
function displayPicture() {
  $("#container").css("visibility", "hidden");
  var $ul = $("<ul>");

  for(var j in images) {
    var srcUrl = images[j];
    li = '<li><img src="' + srcUrl + '" id ="list" width="60%"  /></li>';
    $ul.append($(li));
  }

  $("#container").append($ul);
  //Setting for photo sliding animation
  $ul.bxSlider({
    auto: true,
    pager: false,
    speed: 500,
    pause: 1800,
    controls: false,
  });

  $("#loadSpinner").remove();
  $("#container img").addClass("shadow");

  setTimeout(function() {
    $("#container").css("visibility", "visible");
  }, 1000);
}