Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Introduction to iCloud
Apple has introduced a technology called iCloud that leverages the power of building apps
using the new CloudKit framework. Using iCloud, we can easily and securely store and re-
trieve our app data in the form of a database in the cloud built by Apple. The CloudKit
framework provides a way for users to anonymously sign into the apps with their iCloud
Apple IDs without sharing their personal information. The most important part is that
CloudKit makes the developer focus on the client-side app development and does the
server-side application logic by iCloud itself. It also provides an authenticated, private, and
public database storage services, which are for free with very high limits of storage.
In this recipe, we will be doing an introduction of iCloud and its framework CloudKit. We
will understand how the iCloud services are enabled in Xcode, iTunes Connect, playing
with provisioning profiles for development devices to integrate iCloud for apps. Later in
this next section, we will integrate the iCloud service with our game FlyingSpaceship.
