iCloud and CloudKit

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.


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

CloudKit Dashboard

Implementing CloudKit

References

Assets

Subscriptions

Errors

Deploy to Production


QUICK REFERENCE

NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore

UIDocument

NSMetadataQuery

NSMetadataItem

CKContainer

CKRecord

CKRecordID

CKRecordZone

CKQuery

CKDatabase

CKReference

CKAsset

CKDatabaseSubscription

CKDatabase

UIApplication

CKFetchDatabaseChangesOperation

CKFetchRecordZoneChangesOperation

CKError

Notifications


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. If you don't know how to program in Swift, how to work with Table Views, or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift, Table Views and Collection Views, and Interface Builder. 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.