iOS Components and Frameworks: Understanding the Advanced Features of the iOS SDK

Building the Request

First set up the URL (in the MessageBoard-Prefix.pch file) so that the app can make calls to the right location:

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#define kMessageBoardServerURLString@"http://freezing-cloud-6077.herokuapp.com/messages.json"

In the ICFViewController.m implementation, look at the viewWillAppear: method. This code will initiate the request to the server:

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NSURL *msgURL = [NSURL URLWithString:kMessageBoardURLString];NSURLRequest *msgRequest =[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:msgURL                 cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy             timeoutInterval:60.0];NSURLConnection *theConnection =[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:msgRequest                                 ...