CloudKit by Mustafa Yusuf

Swift India Bangalore meet up - Chapter #20

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1. CLOUDKIT Why did I not use it earlier?
2. aNdrOid
3. How many of you have or had an app idea?
5. IDEA
6. PLAN IDEA
7. PLAN TEAM IDEA
8. THE HONEYMOON PERIOD
10. • Why CloudKit • How to integrate • What are the best practices
11. WHY CLOUDKIT • The free quota • Pagination • Sync across all devices • Scales with your user base • No auth required to save personal data • Notifications setup made easy with CKSubscriptions • One of the best in class infrastructure • Uploading images, video, audio or any data, is so easy.
12. WHY CLOUDKIT • The free quota • Pagination • Sync across all devices • Scales with your user base • No auth required to save personal data • Notifications setup made easy with CKSubscriptions • One of the best in class infrastructure • Uploading images, video, audio or any data, is so easy. I got 99 problems, but a dependency ain’t one “ - Jay-Z
13. HOW TO INTEGRATE IT
14. HOW TO INTEGRATE IT • Checkbox Approach • Step 1: Check the box • Step 2: Save all data to CoreData
15. HOW TO INTEGRATE IT • Checkbox Approach • Step 1: Check the box • Step 2: Save all data to CoreData
16. HOW TO INTEGRATE IT • Checkbox Approach • Step 1: Check the box • Step 2: Save all data to CoreData • Non checkbox approach • Convert your NSManagedObject to a CKRecord • Upload the record(s) using one of the APIs
17. HOW TO INTEGRATE IT • Checkbox Approach • Step 1: Check the box • Step 2: Save all data to CoreData • Non checkbox approach • Convert your NSManagedObject to a CKRecord • Upload the record(s) using one of the APIs
18. SAMPLE CODE
20. ACCESSING CONTAINERS
21. SETTING UP YOUR CUSTOM ZONE
22. SETTING UP SUBSCRIPTIONS
23. CURSORS FOR PAGINATION
24. FETCHING CUSTOM ZONE CHANGES
25. App Container 1 Container 2 Container 3 Private Database Public Database Default Zone Default Zone Custom Zones Custom Zone 1 Custom Zone 2 App App Shared Database
26. THE BEST PRACTICES • Refer WWDC videos • Custom Zones >>>>> Default Zones • CKSubscriptions be smart about using them • CKQueryCursor • Make bulk uploads • Listen to the errors, they are extremely handy • Write a wrapper over CloudKit api’s so you can easily replace it • Do not perform nested CloudKit calls • CloudKit should be called minimal times, always store the data offline
27. THINGS I HATE ABOUT CLOUDKIT • The checkbox option, does not allow you to customise • Missing out on android • CloudKit Dashboard gives no analytics
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