http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest/ is tried and true http://restkit.org/ is only slightly less so
iOS 5 added NSJSONSerialization - http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Foundation/Reference/NSJSONSerialization_Class/Reference/Reference.html Which is nice. Those bits should cover the glue. there are other options, of course. TJ On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Jim wrote: > Probably the easiest way to communicate with your rails app from iOS is to > use regular http requests. I haven't used json, but I've seen Objective C > libraries for parsing json, so that's an option. It's also very simple to > create plists for use with [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL:url] > (keep in mind that is a synchronous call, meaning your iOS app will not > respond while the request is handled; Cocoa contains asynchronous commands as > well but that's definitely more advanced). The ability to specify a format > for a request and use the appropriate view could make this simple to do in > your existing controllers as well, although if the flow of your data will be > completely different it's also easy to set up an api controller. > > I've only handled HTTP 401 authentication in iOS, but that is very simple > with the NSURLCredential class. A quick glance at the Devise docs indicate > it has support for 401 basic and digest authentication. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/gAS_LTt8ezQJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
