Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-07 Thread Conrad Shultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/6/11 10:51 PM, Amy Gibbs wrote: After the announcements about iCloud, should I just wait a while and I'll be able to build this in 'for free' (there will be a cocoa way to do this)? While the iCloud announcement was obviously public, all the

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-06 Thread Amy Gibbs
After the announcements about iCloud, should I just wait a while and I'll be able to build this in 'for free' (there will be a cocoa way to do this)? On 3 Jun 2011, at 9:29PM, Evadne Wu wrote: As for the SQLite file, I am never sure if Core Data’s OS X implementation and iOS

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread John Joyce
On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Amy Heavey wrote: I hope this appropriate for this list, if not please accept my apologies. I've got a fairly basic core data app that I've written for personal use on my iMac. I'd like to have an iPad version as it would be very useful to have whilst I was

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Amy Heavey
Thanks, It's an app for just me really. I just prefer to work on a desktop mac when I'm in the house, and I can't carry my iMac with me :) I do find typing much easier on an actual keyboard. Maybe I should just get a keyboard for the iPad? Many Thanks Amy On 3 Jun 2011, at 7:11PM, John

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread John Joyce
Could indeed be easiest solution ;) You could also look at how you serialize or save data for export / import between two environments. Just have it custom save out to a standard plist format or a simple xml schema. Then you can decouple that from the CoreData versioning and differences.

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Amy Heavey wrote: I've got a fairly basic core data app that I've written for personal use on my iMac. I'd like to have an iPad version as it would be very useful to have whilst I was mobile. (It's basically a customer/product database). Is there a best way

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Evadne Wu
Dropbox sync is good for a pile of files, but no more than that. Let’s rebound the requirements: * there’s a single user Core Data app * want an iPad version of the app * the two versions will sync up Given the requirements, and add the fact that I’m pretty sure that Dropbox would keep

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Evadne Wu e...@monoceroi.com wrote: Dropbox sync is good for a pile of files, but no more than that.  Let’s rebound the requirements: * there’s a single user Core Data app * want an iPad version of the app * the two versions will sync up Given the

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Amy Gibbs
Thanks Sounds like dropbox would be a good fit, I'll download the ask and give it a go. My current mac app stores the data in a sqllite file that I'm hoping to just sync with dropbox. However it does currently also store images in a directory and just store the paths as string attributes. Not

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Evadne Wu
As for the SQLite file, I am never sure if Core Data’s OS X implementation and iOS implementation share the same format and will continue to be so, and it is surely a very strong and valid idea to just use an intermediate format you control, I’ve been bouncing them across OS X iOS with no

Re: OS + iOS best practice

2011-06-03 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Evadne Wu wrote: As for the SQLite file, I am never sure if Core Data’s OS X implementation and iOS implementation share the same format and will continue to be so SQLite’s file format is 100% consistent cross-platform. And I have no reason to think the same’s