helloMsgs is an iOS demo application and iMessage extension that allows users to select a movie and send its title via iMessage. The message encodes the movie title in a URL; recipients can tap the message to deep-link back and view the movie in the host app.

Features:

• Search and select from a list of popular movies.
• Share movie titles via iMessage as tappable messages.
• Encoded movie titles are sent as URL payloads for robust transfer.
• Deep-link: Tapping a shared movie in Messages opens the main app to display the selected movie.
• Simple keyword-based filtering of movies.
• Clean, unit-testable encoding/decoding logic with pure helpers.
• Unit tests for all encoding/deep-linking logic.

Project Structure:

• AppDelegate.swift — Standard iOS app delegate with deep-link handler.
• ViewController.swift — Main app view controller, displays selected movie title.
• MessagesViewController.swift — iMessage extension UI, movie list, message sending & handling.
• MovieMessaging.swift — Pure helpers for encoding/decoding movie title URLs, supporting both main app and extension.
• MovieMessagingTests.swift — XCTest-based test suite for message encoding/decoding and deep-linking.

Requirements:

• Xcode 13 or newer (Swift 5+ syntax; update as needed)
• iOS 10.0+
• UIKit, Messages framework

Build & Run:

1. Open the project in Xcode.
2. Select the target (main app or iMessage extension) and platform simulator.
3. Build and run.
   • For iMessage features, run the extension in the Messages app from the simulator or device.

Running Tests:

• The test target helloMsgsTests includes unit tests for all encoding/decoding logic. Run via Xcode’s Test navigator (⌘U).

License:

This project is for demonstration purposes. Please add your license information here.

Credits:

Created by Umar Farooque. If you use this code or have suggestions, please update the credits accordingly.