/Kitura-HelloWorld-iOS

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Kitura Builder for iOS

Kitura/iOS Hello World

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Simple Hello World Kitura Application (Server Side) embedded in an iOS app (Client Side). The app demonstrates starting and stopping Kitura server, and presents Kitura log on the screen.

Prerequisites

  1. Enable Server-Side Swift with Kitura - see http://www.kitura.io/en/starter/settingup.html
  2. Install Xcode Command Line Tools by running xcode-select --install command in the terminal
  3. Run make Builder/Makefile - it will fetch the Builder submodule (and also the ServerSide submodule)
  4. Create an iOS static library for curl package. Download curl zipped source from https://curl.haxx.se/download/, unzip it and run Builder/buildCurlStaticLibrary.sh <path to the unzipped curl source directory>. For example, if you unzip curl in the current directory, in curl-7.43.0 directory, run Builder/buildCurlStaticLibrary.sh curl-7.43.0.

We tested working with curl 7.43.0 version.

Build the project in Xcode

  1. Type make in the terminal, an Xcode instance with a workspace will be opened. The workspace will contain both the client-side and the server-side parts as projects. You should rerun make any time you change the structure of ServerSide - add a file or add a dependency.
  2. In the opened Xcode workspace, you can edit the code, both the client-side and server-side parts, debug and run the client-side iOS app (ClientSide) with the server side embedded in it.

You will see the URL of your Kitura/iOS server in the start screen of the app. Start the server by flipping the switch "STOPPED" on. Use another device (any OS) on the same Wi-Fi network. Point a browser in the other device to the displayed URL, you should get "Hello World!" message with a timestamp as a response. Alternatively, use the QR code displayed beside the URL of the server.

Publications

See https://developer.ibm.com/swift/2017/03/13/kitura-ios/