Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introducing iCloud -- Exploring iCloud : the user experience -- Making the magic happen : how developers do it -- Part II. Using the APIs -- Introducing the APIs -- Using the address API -- Managing calendars and reminders with the event kit API -- Managing privacy -- Part III. Using the technologies -- Introducing the technologies -- Using key-value coding (KVC) -- Using preferences and settings with iCloud -- Managing persistent storage with core data -- Using Xcode project workspaces for shared development -- Adding data to app bundles and resources -- Part IV. Using iCloud documents and data -- Adding the iCloud infrastructure -- Working with file wrappers in iCloud -- Working with iOS documents -- Working with OS X documents -- Working with core data and iCloud -- Completing the round trip.

As apps rapidly move into business and the cloud, iOS and OS X developers need new data management techniques. This book shows you how to use Apple s latest APIs and technologies to structure and synchronize all forms of data. Feiler helps you understand the issues, implement efficient solutions, and deliver highly usable apps that seamlessly synchronize during the Round Trip between iOS and OS X and back again. This guide walks you through integrating several key Apple data management technologies, including the Address Book and Calendar APIs. This book shows you how to structure data so it s easy to build great Cocoa and Cocoa Touch user interfaces and to quickly incorporate reliable iCloud syncing. Step by step, you ll discover how to blend Apple s standard application data structures with your own user data to create a feature-rich and fully syncable environment.