Re: NSCoding between iOS and Mac OS X
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Nathan Day nathan_...@mac.com wrote: What about binary property lists, they should be interchangeable between iOS and Mac OS X? Yes, a property list, binary or not, is definitely interchangeable. The keyed archive container format is interchangeable, however whether a particular archive is interchangeable depends on what's in it. Obviously if a class is only present on one of iOS and Mac OS X, that's a problem. For arbitrary individual classes present on both OSes, it's difficult to say anything too concretely. People may have taken advantage of the new OS to drop some aspects of compatibility. If your keyed archive contains exclusively Foundation classes, it's our intent that they should be as interchangeable between iOS and Mac OS X as between versions of Mac OS X. I don't think we have specific tests to make sure it works, though, so, well, if it doesn't for something, file a bug. -Ken Cocoa Frameworks On 26/08/2010, at 1:29 AM, Ricky Sharp wrote: A similar question came up recently. While some objects (e.g. NSNumber) things should be binary compatible. But you may run into issues. Also depends upon what objects you are coding. Mac OS X uses NSColor whereas iOS uses UIColor. I would recommend using an intermediate normalized format instead. Then write independent code for each platform. If archiving colors, capture normalized values like color mode (ARGB, HSL), color components, etc. Then, rebuild up objects as needed. For text data, I would use UTF-8 with the original text being normalized. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Nathan Day nathan_...@mac.com wrote: Does anybody know whether NSCoding can be used to transfer data between iOS and Mac OS X. Is this documented as guaranteed to work. I have tried to do a google search but I got nothing, probably searching for the wrong thing. Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rsharp%40mac.com This email sent to rsh...@mac.com Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/kenferry%40gmail.com This email sent to kenfe...@gmail.com ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSCoding between iOS and Mac OS X
What about binary property lists, they should be interchangeable between iOS and Mac OS X? On 26/08/2010, at 1:29 AM, Ricky Sharp wrote: A similar question came up recently. While some objects (e.g. NSNumber) things should be binary compatible. But you may run into issues. Also depends upon what objects you are coding. Mac OS X uses NSColor whereas iOS uses UIColor. I would recommend using an intermediate normalized format instead. Then write independent code for each platform. If archiving colors, capture normalized values like color mode (ARGB, HSL), color components, etc. Then, rebuild up objects as needed. For text data, I would use UTF-8 with the original text being normalized. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Nathan Day nathan_...@mac.com wrote: Does anybody know whether NSCoding can be used to transfer data between iOS and Mac OS X. Is this documented as guaranteed to work. I have tried to do a google search but I got nothing, probably searching for the wrong thing. Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rsharp%40mac.com This email sent to rsh...@mac.com Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
NSCoding between iOS and Mac OS X
Does anybody know whether NSCoding can be used to transfer data between iOS and Mac OS X. Is this documented as guaranteed to work. I have tried to do a google search but I got nothing, probably searching for the wrong thing. Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSCoding between iOS and Mac OS X
A similar question came up recently. While some objects (e.g. NSNumber) things should be binary compatible. But you may run into issues. Also depends upon what objects you are coding. Mac OS X uses NSColor whereas iOS uses UIColor. I would recommend using an intermediate normalized format instead. Then write independent code for each platform. If archiving colors, capture normalized values like color mode (ARGB, HSL), color components, etc. Then, rebuild up objects as needed. For text data, I would use UTF-8 with the original text being normalized. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Nathan Day nathan_...@mac.com wrote: Does anybody know whether NSCoding can be used to transfer data between iOS and Mac OS X. Is this documented as guaranteed to work. I have tried to do a google search but I got nothing, probably searching for the wrong thing. Nathan Day http://homepage.mac.com/nathan_day/ ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rsharp%40mac.com This email sent to rsh...@mac.com ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
