HTTP Networking in iOS
Learn how to connect your iOS application to remote APIs via HTTP using Apple's Foundation Networking.
What you'll learn
We live in a connected world, and few iOS apps stand on their own without some kind of server process to connect to. The majority of those servers provide an HTTP interface. In this course, you will learn how to use Apple's Foundation APIs to connect to those services. You will also learn about several handy debugging tools and techniques, as well as practical design patterns to improve your iOS apps.
Table of contents
- Introduction 9m
- Chatcave Service Basics 4m
- Accessing Chatrooms 5m
- Accessing Chatters 2m
- Sending and Receiving Messages 2m
- Authentication 4m
- HTTP Request Methods 4m
- Service Details Implementation 3m
- Request Class Implementation 7m
- API Usage in Action 4m
- Weak References and Retain-Cycles 2m
- Running the Application 1m
- Wrap-Up and Review 1m
- Introduction 6m
- Server Setup & App Overview 2m
- Video Uploads API 5m
- Background Video Upload 4m
- Upload Notifications 6m
- Upload Demo 2m
- Background Video Download 2m
- Download Notifications 8m
- Checking for Existing Downloads 1m
- Background Download Demo 2m
- Pausing & Resuming Downloads 5m
- Background Updates 5m
- Background Fetches 5m
- Wrap-Up 1m
About the author
Alex has been playing with computers since he first laid hands on an Apple II in the early 1980's. He began developing software professionally over fifteen years ago and has worked on a wide variety of systems and programming languages. Since the original iOS SDK was released in 2007, he has focused exclusively on iOS development. He has built several successful and award-winning apps both for himself and for clients in his consulting practice. In addition to software development, he is a... more