Question

I would like to allow my users to see other users data. I am thinking in terms of a game. I would like the users game on their phone to connect to an online score list , and store the lowest score on the list. Then if the user scores above, their score gets put into the list and stored.

What does this involve exactly?

Will this need encryption? which will then need the iphone encryption requirements to be met.

I am not very knowledgeable on the server side, so would need to start at the basics. Will this even need a server, or could I setup a website and grab the data from there? this making the scores available outside of the app.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Your needs sound like a perfect match for Apple’s Game center. There’s no need to muck around with setting up your own REST API and server if the only features you want are already built into the OS.