One of iOS5's biggest new features was iCloud storage - the ability for apps to store data (files) "in the cloud" and access them from multiple devices, with OS-supported server-storage/upload, synchronization and backup.
Although it is possible to access "iCloud" functionality directly from within your code, Apple recommends using the new UIDocument class which has a lot of 'built-in' functionality to help manage iCloud documents. At its most basic, you only need to subclass UIDocument and override two methods (LoadFromContents & ContentsForType) to get it working.
The TaskCloud sample creates a TaskDocument subclass and contains some additional code to retrieve a document list from iCloud. The example is a little contrived - using a separate 'file' for each task might not be the best way to model a to-do list application - but you get the idea: individual tasks are created as files and iCloud synchronizes them across all your devices!
The code is still "under construction" so please forgive any dodgy practices. It also doesn't address the full iCloud API, such as conflict resolution or moving files to/from 'local' storage.
You can download the (MonoTouch) code from Github.
As a reminder, here is the guide for configuring your MonoTouch project for iCloud.
(see also, the iCloud Key-Value storage example)
Although it is possible to access "iCloud" functionality directly from within your code, Apple recommends using the new UIDocument class which has a lot of 'built-in' functionality to help manage iCloud documents. At its most basic, you only need to subclass UIDocument and override two methods (LoadFromContents & ContentsForType) to get it working.
The TaskCloud sample creates a TaskDocument subclass and contains some additional code to retrieve a document list from iCloud. The example is a little contrived - using a separate 'file' for each task might not be the best way to model a to-do list application - but you get the idea: individual tasks are created as files and iCloud synchronizes them across all your devices!
You can download the (MonoTouch) code from Github.
As a reminder, here is the guide for configuring your MonoTouch project for iCloud.
(see also, the iCloud Key-Value storage example)
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