I have received requests for my iPhone app, to be able to sync it between a person’s iPhone and iPad, or between two iPhones in the same family, etc. I have been searching online now for some time, and this still is not clear to me. I am a pretty new developer, and I know enough to have gotten an app released, but I am not a professional programmer.
I know that DropBox and SugarSync use “the cloud”, but I have not used them as yet and I am not sure how I would implement them for my Core Data database. I also watched a video for Marcus Zarra’s ZSync, which looks awesome, but I do not have a desktop application yet, and I’m not sure that that is the solution for me.
I downloaded the DropBox api and sample app and am starting to play with it, but I don’t want to waste too much time if I am heading down a rabbit trail. I would love if the iOS offered some sort of a sync option but I looked and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t.
This seems like pretty complicated stuff. I would love if someone could point me in the right direction. Maybe even a tutorial if there is one. Just to keep Core Data database synced between multiple (maybe even more than 2) iDevices. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Just an update, and an answer to the syncing issue: iCloud seems like it will actually app syncing. I haven’t tried it yet, but am planning to implement it. However, since users will only have limited free iCloud storage, and many won’t want to pay, I am also implementing Dropbox for Backup/Restore (only). Hope this helps!