FireData

FireData seamlessly integrates Core Data with Firebase.

Usage

Include both Firebase and FireData in your application.

#import <Firebase/Firebase.h>
#import <FireData/FireData.h>

Initialize an instance of FireData

FireData *firedata = [[FireData alloc] init];

Listen for changes from the default managed object context

[firedata observeManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext];

Create a new managed object context to write changes from Firebase; set its parent to the default managed object context.

NSManagedObjectContext *writingContext = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] initWithConcurrencyType:NSMainQueueConcurrencyType];
[writingContext setParentContext:self.managedObjectContext];
[firedata setWriteManagedObjectContext:writingContext withCompletionBlock:^(NSManagedObjectContext *context) {
    NSError *error = nil;
    if ([context save:&error]) {
        if (![self.managedObjectContext save:&error]) {
            NSLog(@"Error saving: %@", error);
        }
    } else {
        NSLog(@"Error saving: %@", error);
    }
}];

Get a reference to Firebase

Firebase *firebase = [[Firebase alloc] initWithUrl:@"https://EXAMPLE.firebaseio.com/"];

Link the Core Data and Firebase references that are to be synced

[firedata linkCoreDataEntity:@"Book" withFirebase:[firebase childByAppendingPath:@"books"]];

Check the existing data in Firebase

[firebase observeSingleEventOfType:FEventTypeValue withBlock:^(FDataSnapshot *snapshot) {
    // If Firebase is empty then replace with the data from Core Data
    if (snapshot.value == [NSNull null]) {
        [firedata replaceFirebaseFromCoreData];
    }

    // Start observing changes between Core Data and Firebase
    [firedata startObserving];
}];

Hold on to FireData

self.firedata = firedata;

Example Application

• CoreDataBooks sample application that has been updated to support Firebase using FireData.

Known Issues

• Firebase does not currently persistent offline changes to disk. Full offline support backed by disk will be coming in the future.[1]

License

MIT.

[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/firebase-talk/lVFOh9Wqwog/FvqWiiuP-_MJ