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.