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Nick89
Nick89

Reputation: 2998

Creating you own database with Parse for an iOS app in Swift

I need to know if I can use Parse for what i need. Let me give you some context. I am new to coding for iOS in Swift. I am creating an app, and a big part of it is displaying info to the user depending on what country they select.

So at the start of the app, they will select a country. I have used Parse a little bit through an online course, so I know how to signup and create users etc.

What i want to know if i can do?

Can i use Parse to create my own database? So have a Class called country_data, and then in that class, have all the countries with info about them. As an example of what i mean, see the table below:

Example of what i need

Then, in the app, i can check that if the user selects 'Spain' for example, I can display all the Info for Spain.

Everything i've done in Parse so far had been about sending info to Parse that Ive created from the code in Xcode. But i need to know if i can go into my app in Parse and create this database myself.

Is this possible and is it the right way to do what i'm looking for. Any suggestions welcome, and thanks! Please ask questions if you need me to explain more.

Nick

Upvotes: 2

Views: 420

Answers (1)

Fattie
Fattie

Reputation: 12582

Good news OP,

(1) yes Parse is absolutely perfect for this.

Parse is now at http://back4app.com

Here...

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It literally took me less time to do that, than it took to answer your question!

It's almost unbelievable to understand how much time "BAAS" services save, in the new "BAAS" era.

(2) 196 countries. You should be OK :) Anything up to a few million countries will work fine. After that Parse will get a little slow on searches.

(3) "But I need to know if i can go into my app in Parse and create this database myself."

Yes, using the internet and a computer,

just go to back4app.com, log in, and click on your project. Click on "Core". (Parse software also offers features like Analytics, etc. For the database system, just click on "Core".)

Notice the button "Add Class", click that and type in "Country". Add a column called "name" which is a "String".

Make another new class "City". Again make a "String" column "name", and also make a column that is a "Pointer" to "Country".

You're completely done.

It is far quicker than me typing it here, heh

Upvotes: 4

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