Caching on iOS

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Mon Jan 9 13:00:17 EST 2012


On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:

> Hello...
>
> Does anyone know if there is a setting for caching on iOS?  Here's what's
> happening:  I post text to a file on a server (via ftp) using a simple
> "put" command in a LC project on my iPhone.  The data IS writing to the
> server -  I can verify that.  However, if I re-read the data that was just
> written to the server (from within my app), I get the old version of the
> data.  If I wait several hours (I haven't yet tried to figure out exactly
> how long), I get the correct version of the data.  I have tried restarting
> the app and I tried restarting the device.  The same thing happens on my
> iPad.  But, it works perfectly from my desktop computer (which is on the
> same network).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Dan
>
>
It could simply be a network speed issue.  Try a tiny text file so you can
check the results quicker, then use a larger file.  The actual transfer may
be backgrounded on iOS.

~Roger



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