5:41 a.m.
Hi AeroGear community,
we are happy to announce the next versions of our iOS Swift libraries. Here are few of new
features introduced in each respective lib:
• aerogear-ios-jsonsz <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-jsonsz> (new)
A newly introduced library which will take care the cumbersome plumbing required when
performing JSON serialization back and forth from your Swift object model. Check out the
documentation <https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/JsonSZ/> for an
overview as well as our Buddies
<https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-cookbook/tree/0.2.0/Buddies/> cookbook for
example usage.
• aerogear-ios-http <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-http>
We added the ability to perform basic/digest authentication when performing REST requests.
Check out the HTTP Basic/Digest authentication support section
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/HttpLib/#_http_basic_di...
in our library documentation
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/HttpLib/> as well as our
Authentication cookbook
<https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-cookbook/tree/0.2.0/Authenticati... for an
example usage. Remember to prefer HTTPS over plain HTTP when performing authentication of
this type!
• aerogear-ios-oauth2 <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-oauth2>
Continuing the development of our OAuth2 library, OpenID Connect support was added to the
library in the form of a login request. Check out the Login using OpenID Connect section
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/Authorization/#_login_u...
in our library documentation
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/Authorization/> as well as our
SharedShoot
<https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-cookbook/tree/0.2.0/SharedShoot> cookbook
example that logins to KeyCloak server using OpenID connect for an example usage. Further,
Corinne blog posts here
<http://corinnekrych.blogspot.com/2014/11/oauth2-for-android-and-ios-with-...
and here
<http://corinnekrych.blogspot.com/2014/10/aerogear-with-keycloak-oauth2-fr...
give more information regarding our OAuth2 implementation and is highly recommended if you
are interested in the subject.
• aerogear-ios-httpstub <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-httpstub>
Stubbed responses from the local file system can be used instead of coding them in your
code. This will make easier to stub responses, especially big ones and be much ‘closer’ to
the reality. Checkout out Stubbed response loaded from a file
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/HttpStub/#_stubbed_resp...
section in our library documentation
<https://aerogear.org/docs/guides/aerogear-ios-2.X/HttpStub> for example usage as
well as our tests
<https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-httpstub/blob/master/AeroGearHtt...;.
Last, this release introduces Cocoapod support for our libraries. Although Cocoapod hasn’t
yet officially support ‘Swift’, that is planned for the next 0.36 release, a branch on the
project is working on it and already looks solid enough with many Swift libraries starting
to adopt. Just make sure to install the 'pre' release version of cocoapods (Check
the Cocoapods blog
<http://blog.cocoapods.org/Pod-Authors-Guide-to-CocoaPods-Frameworks/> for more
information).
What's next?
We are currently focusing most of our efforts on providing sync support. Already work has
been started <https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-sync> so expect more in-this
front in the coming months. If you are interested in mobile-sync that is the perfect time
to join us, we will be happy to know your thoughts and suggestions. Interesting things
ahead of us..!
So, give the libraries and demos a spin and let us know what you think!
Have fun!
AeroGear iOS team