iCloud and CloudKit in iOS 12

Learn how to use iCloud from your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to connect to the user's iCloud account, how to store the app's settings on the cloud, how to upload documents, and how to create a database with CloudKit and share information between devices.


Table of Contents


ICLOUD

Data in the Cloud

Enabling iCloud

Testing Devices

Key-Value Storage

iCloud Documents

Multiple Documents

CloudKit

Container

Records

Zones

Query

Operations

References

CloudKit Dashboard

Implementing CloudKit

Assets

Subscriptions

Batch Operations

Local Cache

Errors

Deploy to Production


This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. You should also know how to create and display Table Views and a how to work with Core Data. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds.


This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.