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iOS What database is used when working with iPhone app?
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I'm not so sure about the iOS world, but in the Mac world it's SQLite. Good chance it's the same.
There are two primary database access APIs in iOS:
Core Data
SQLite
The actual data is stored in SQLite in both cases. In other words Core Data uses SQLite as the data store.
Core Data
SQLite
The actual data is stored in SQLite in both cases. In other words Core Data uses SQLite as the data store.
Already mentioned in above post, there are 2 ways: Core Data and SQLite.
Here is the SQLite API you can use in your application. You can read the documentation provided. If it seems okay then you can start using this in your app.
Source: https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb
You can also directly use the SQLite C API on your app.
Here is the SQLite site for getting idea about it.
http://www.sqlite.org
http://www.sqlite.org/lang.html
Here is the SQLite API you can use in your application. You can read the documentation provided. If it seems okay then you can start using this in your app.
Source: https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb
You can also directly use the SQLite C API on your app.
Here is the SQLite site for getting idea about it.
http://www.sqlite.org
http://www.sqlite.org/lang.html
Are you looking to store data directly on the device or on a server? If you are working directly with the database on iOS, there is nothing to download; Xcode already has all the SQLite libraries included with it. You just need to look over the documentation and figure out if using SQLite directly (or via an Obj-C wrapper) or CoreData is going to work better for you. If you are looking to store data on a server somewhere and have iOS access it, it doesn't matter what database you use. All you need is some sort of webservice to sit between the DB and your application and pass the data back and forth.
Data files can be stored on the device itself just like you store graphics, plists, settings, etc.... The device has internal storage, the same storage you use for songs, books, videos, etc...
The data can also be stored on another device like the cloud or on a website or data server. Remote data on a server is usually called 'client server' One benefit is that other people can access the server and update the data.
One example is storing music on the cloud vs storing music on the device's internal storage.
iPhone SQLite database is used. Not need separate installation or other like as SQL server.
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I want to make an app where the user can input data and that data will be emailed and/or SMS to me.. is there any drag n drop non coding software that can do this like appmakr, gamesalad etc??