Chapter 8. Implementing search with core data: Looking for info
Itâs not enough to just be able to see data anymore. The era of big data is here and just being able to look at it doesnât get you very far anymore. Now you probably wonât have a couple of petabytes on your phone (famous last words), but you will most likely have enough data that youâll need to be able to sort and filter it to make it useful for your users. Core Data comes with some built-in functionality to slice through stacks of data and weâre going to show you how to use it!
The app is working, but itâs limited...
The first beta went over to HFN but it doesnât have all the functionality they want. Youâve gotten the app to the point where it can hold and display episodes, and users can add their own. But once you get a big chunk of data in there, thereâs a usability issue.
Imagine a giant list of TV shows and youâre trying to find just one....
Relax
Weâre going to get to explaining the FetchedResultsController ...
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