iCloud Support

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#21

I understand what your saying, but those same users will still complain loudly if they restore data and then see that it isn’t up-to-date due to lack of syncing.

#22

I haven’t used this myself, but couldn’t the following be used as an option for cloud data storage / backup?

http://coronium.io

#23

thanks, i know about the 3rd party app to do Cloud Features like backup.

For now i even made my own cloud server.

BUT, there is a FREE simple Backup Feature already there in iOS and Android and 

we just dont use it, thats the point?

Users can always complain about anything, thats true.

But its a different if they loose 1/2 Year of data or maybe just the last few Days.

I guess it has a reason why so many other Apps implemented that FREE Backup Feature

and why its even standart activated in most Android Devices.

Its about SIMPLICITY and that the user would not need to think about anything

BUT in the Case of Loose, he would have some backup and not lost at all

greets

chris

#24

Fair enough. Any backup is better than no backup…

#25

If you drop the documents in the documents folder it is just a matter of telling your device to allow that app to use iCloud.

#26

if it would be so easy… there are lots of documents in the documents folder… and nothing come restore after the device is wiped or installed on a new device.

so if the data is stored in the cloud without getting it back… makes less sense or :slight_smile: ?

if there is an idea or solution how to simply do as expected… putting filed in the documents folder and when the user install

the app on a new device or after a wipe the data come restored… let me know

#27

We are releasing a plugin soon that allows you to write and read from the ios keychain. This data will persist between reinstalls.

The android version writes data to a specified folder on the filesystem, outside of your app, so it will persist across reinstalls, unless the user deletes it manually via a file manager tool.

This plugin might help your situation, although naturally it won’t help if your user gets a new device.

#28

For Apple devices: The only way to restore *everything* (including keychain data etc) is to do a local backup of your device to your desktop with iTunes using the “Encrypt local backup” option. You find that option under the “Backups” section after selecting your device in the list in iTunes.

Using this method, I’ve successfully restored all data from one device to another after I’ve upgraded.

#29

@gremlin

whats about the data in the documents folder?

that would be really a releave

greets

chris

#30

@gremlin

btw… whats with the announced applovin plugin/// any news?

greets

chris

#31

Hey.

It doesn’t save or backup any data by itself. You are responsible for creating and updating the data using the functions provided by the plugin.

Cheers

#32

ok… but can i also backup data in the documents folder to the cloud?

#33

This isn’t cloud data, it’s data that is tied to the devices keychain. Local data.

The point being that it can still be accessed if the app is reinstalled on the device. Or if they do what Ingemar said.

Regarding the applovin plugin, i don’t recall ever saying that we were making one. We have no plans to make one I’m afraid.

#34

ok

 thanks… so its not interesting for me

  1. sorry i thought u said it with applovin… have to search seems someone else :slight_smile:

thx

chris

#35

i looked again…

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/44892-1k-to-build-a-plugin-for-me/?hl=applovin

if it wasnt you, who posted that it will be published by you… but coded by a 3rd party?

its written from gremlin interactive

#36

Ah that, not sure of the status of that to be honest.

Btw. Why don’t you use Coronium.io and use accounts for your users so you can keep their data backed up on a server? That way you could keep their data in sync and up to date all the time.

It’s the best solution as the icloud idea isnt going to help you on Android of course

#37

2 years on that…

is it such a huge development to implement that feature?

all users would benefit from it!

sarcastic on:

    but maybe you are busy with a very important new

   new 3D super dupper flare reflection whatever feature

   that a few Devs ‘could’ like.

sarcastif off:
 

#38

guruk - we get surprisingly few requests for this and it is not a high priority right now. You could implement with Corona Enterprise if necessary.

#39

hi david,

thanks for answering.

for sure i have some thoughts

  1. how many requests did u had to do “corona Cards” and lots of the fancy GFX Stuff?

    I guess it was all in your thought that it could be nice. THIS Feature would be really useful and lots of devs

   dont even know what they would do good for their users!

  1. is it really such a hugh project to implement a few parameters needed for that to register the Backup with iOS/Google?

please think about

greets

chris

#40

Actually it’s a huge project and not a few simple parameters.  Perhaps this can give some insight into what’s involved:

http://www.objc.io/issue-10/icloud-document-store.html

Corona uses Lua’s simple File I/O routines to create files in a cross platform way.  In looking at the native code needed to do it, It doesn’t look that it’s not particularly hard for a single app.  There are a lot of parts and it seems that depending on your data type there could be different ways to do this.  It would be much harder to implement in a generic way that everyone could use.

Perhaps with the iOS 8/Yosemite push to do more with iCloud Apple may make this easier with their new CloudKit API.

Rob