iCloud external :-)

Fri Aug 3 09:49:37 EDT 2012

Hi Willem,

Files from iCLoud are downloaded automagically. You just list the
contents of the ubiquitous container, look at the dates or names and
open whatever you want. That's the beauty of it: you just put the data
there, and it automatically updates all devices.

Of course, beware of versioning conflicts. But this is where Livecode
(with its excellent text processing) excels.

--Maarten

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:31 PM, William de Smet <williamdesmet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Maarten,
>
> This seem pretty straight forward.
> I reckon you can get a file from iCloud as well?
>
> groeten,
>
> William
>
>
> 2012/8/3 Maarten Koopmans <maarten.koopmans at gmail.com>:
>> Hi Willem,
>>
>> Screenshots with iCLoud are next-to-near impossible, but here's some
>> code from handlers in my demo/test stack.
>>
>> First, getting some basic information:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    answer "Trying to fetch basic app/team info, and so some setup"
>>    put setupUbiquityDocumentsFolder() into tSetup
>>    answer "Setting up ubiquity document url succeeded: " & tSetup
>>    put getApplicationIdentifier() into tAppID
>>    answer "App ID: " & tAppID
>>    put getAppName() into tAppName
>>    answer "App Name: " & tAppName
>>    put getTeamPrefix() into tTeamPrefix
>>    answer "Team prefix: " & tTeamPrefix
>>    answer "Containerized name: " & containerize("my.com.SharedStorage")
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> Next, publishing a file publicly via iCloud:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    answer "In as public file handler"
>>    set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
>>    answer "default folder set"
>>    put "HelloCloudPublic.txt" into tLocalFilePath
>>    open file tLocalFilePath for write
>>    write "Hello iCloud!" to file tLocalFilePath
>>    close file tLocalFilePath
>>    answer tLocalFilePath
>>    --Note that here we effectively use the FULL path... Different from
>> setUbiquitous
>>    put asPublicCloudFile(tLocalFilePath) into tSharedURL
>>    answer "Your public iCloud URL for the next two weeks is: " & tSharedURL
>>    revMail "you at who.net","","miCloud link",tSharedURL
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> And "the killer" - publishing a file in a shared storage container
>> (shared with other apps):
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    answer "In make ubiquitous (1) handler"
>>    set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
>>    get setupUbiquityDocumentsFolder()
>>    answer "default folder set, setup succeeded = " & it
>>    put "HelloCloudUbiqOrLocal.txt" into tLocalFilePath
>>    answer "Local file url: " & getLocalFileURL(tLocalFilePath)
>>    open file tLocalFilePath for write
>>    write "Hello iCloud!" to file tLocalFilePath
>>    close file tLocalFilePath
>>    --This is needed because our routines magically create the correct file path.
>>    --Whereas LC on opening the file puts the full path into tLocalFilePath....
>>    put "HelloCloudUbiqOrLocal.txt" into tLocalFilePath
>>    --Check, check, double check
>>    answer tLocalFilePath
>>    --test and show that the file is local
>>    answer "File is local: " &  isLocal(tLocalFilePath)
>>    -- get its file url
>>    put getFileURL(tLocalFilepath) into tFileURL
>>    answer "Local file URL = " & tFileURL
>>    --make the file ubiquitous, 1= true, rest = false
>>    get setUbiquitousForFile(1,tLocalFilePath)
>>    answer "Set ubiquitous, done"
>>    --test to see if it is local or ubiquitous (really, the result
>> coming back from iCloud in setUbiquitous is less trustworthy)--test to
>> see if it is local
>>    answer "File is local: " &  isLocal(tLocalFilePath)
>>    --test to see if it is ubiquitous
>>    answer "File is ubquitous: " &  isUbiquitousDocument(tLocalFilePath)
>>    --get the file url, again (should be ubiquitous now...)
>>    put getFIleURL(tLocalFilepath) into tFileURL
>>    answer "Now... Ubiquitous file URL = " & tFileURL
>>    --get the modification date
>>    answer "modification data = " & getModificationDateForURL(tFileURL)
>>    --list the documents container contents
>>    answer getContentsOfUbiquityDocumentsFolder()
>>    --delete the ubiquitous document instance
>>    get setUbiquitousForFileInContainer(0,tLocalFilePath,tContainer)
>>    answer "Remove ubiquitous, done"
>>    --at this point the file is only local...
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> Doe this wet your appetite(s)?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:31 PM, William de Smet <williamdesmet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Maarten,
>>>
>>> I am very much interested in this Cloud external.
>>> Do you have any information and screenshots online already?
>>>
>>> groeten,
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/8/3 Maarten Koopmans <maarten.koopmans at gmail.com>:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I have spent a lot of time on it over the last two months, but I
>>>> finally have an iOS iCloud external working. One of the things I've
>>>> learned is that iCloud works (by itself), but it is very easy to make
>>>> a mistake - hence the apps that behave so badly with iCloud.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, the external can:
>>>>
>>>> - give back your app name, team prefix, bundle identifier
>>>> - put files in your app's container
>>>> - manipulate and query the apps container (evict files, force
>>>> download, modification dates, list files...)
>>>> - put files in a shared container across apps - so you have shared
>>>> data across iOS apps [ yes ... that's right!!!]
>>>> - manipulate and query the shared container
>>>> - put files in a container or shared container up for download for two
>>>> weeks [ yes, you read this correctly as well....]
>>>>
>>>> I can do two things:
>>>> 1) continue with my main project as I will eventually
>>>> 2) spend even more time and put the external up for sale for $49
>>>>
>>>> As this really has been a LOT of work I don't want to put something up
>>>> for sale if nobody is interested, so consider this a poll. Personally,
>>>> I find the shared storage across apps and public data publishing is
>>>> pretty awesome.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you're interested - otherwise I'll simply enjoy my weekend ;-)
>>>>
>>>> --Maarten
>>>>
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