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TopPaid.start/Classes/AppDelegate.m
/* |
File: AppDelegate.m |
Abstract: Application delegate for the TopPaid sample. |
It also downloads in the background the "Top Paid iPhone Apps" RSS feed using NSURLConnection. |
Version: 1.1 |
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*/ |
#import "AppDelegate.h" |
#import "ParseOperation.h" |
#import "AppRecord.h" |
#import "ContentController.h" |
// This framework was imported so we could use the kCFURLErrorNotConnectedToInternet error code. |
#import <CFNetwork/CFNetwork.h> |
static NSString *const TopPaidAppsFeed = |
@"http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/ws/RSS/toppaidapplications/limit=75/xml"; |
NSString *AppDataDownloadCompleted = @"AppDataDownloadCompleted"; |
@implementation AppDelegate |
@synthesize window, appRecords, queue, appListFeedConnection, appListData, contentController; |
#pragma mark - |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// applicationDidFinishLaunching:application |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application |
{ |
[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"Content" owner:self options:nil]; |
[self.window addSubview:self.contentController.view]; |
[window makeKeyAndVisible]; |
// Initialize the array of app records and pass a reference to that list to our root view controller |
self.appRecords = [NSMutableArray array]; |
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:TopPaidAppsFeed]]; |
self.appListFeedConnection = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:urlRequest delegate:self] autorelease]; |
// Test the validity of the connection object. The most likely reason for the connection object |
// to be nil is a malformed URL, which is a programmatic error easily detected during development |
// If the URL is more dynamic, then you should implement a more flexible validation technique, and |
// be able to both recover from errors and communicate problems to the user in an unobtrusive manner. |
// |
NSAssert(self.appListFeedConnection != nil, @"Failure to create URL connection."); |
// show in the status bar that network activity is starting |
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES; |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// handleLoadedApps:loadedApps |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)handleLoadedApps:(NSArray *)loadedApps |
{ |
[self.appRecords addObjectsFromArray:loadedApps]; |
// tell our interested view controller reload its data, now that parsing has completed |
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:AppDataDownloadCompleted object:loadedApps]; |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// didFinishParsing:appList |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)didFinishParsing:(NSArray *)appList |
{ |
[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(handleLoadedApps:) withObject:appList waitUntilDone:NO]; |
self.queue = nil; // we are finished with the queue and our ParseOperation |
} |
- (void)parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)error |
{ |
[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(handleError:) withObject:error waitUntilDone:NO]; |
} |
#pragma mark - |
#pragma mark NSURLConnection delegate methods |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// handleError:error |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)handleError:(NSError *)error |
{ |
NSString *errorMessage = [error localizedDescription]; |
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Cannot Show Top Paid Apps" |
message:errorMessage |
delegate:nil |
cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" |
otherButtonTitles:nil]; |
[alertView show]; |
[alertView release]; |
} |
// The following are delegate methods for NSURLConnection. Similar to callback functions, this is how |
// the connection object, which is working in the background, can asynchronously communicate back to |
// its delegate on the thread from which it was started - in this case, the main thread. |
// |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// connection:didReceiveResponse:response |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response |
{ |
self.appListData = [NSMutableData data]; // start off with new data |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// connection:didReceiveData:data |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data |
{ |
[appListData appendData:data]; // append incoming data |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// connection:didFailWithError:error |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error |
{ |
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO; |
if ([error code] == kCFURLErrorNotConnectedToInternet) |
{ |
// if we can identify the error, we can present a more precise message to the user. |
NSDictionary *userInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"No Connection Error" |
forKey:NSLocalizedDescriptionKey]; |
NSError *noConnectionError = [NSError errorWithDomain:NSCocoaErrorDomain |
code:kCFURLErrorNotConnectedToInternet |
userInfo:userInfo]; |
[self handleError:noConnectionError]; |
} |
else |
{ |
// otherwise handle the error generically |
[self handleError:error]; |
} |
self.appListFeedConnection = nil; // release our connection |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// connectionDidFinishLoading:connection |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection |
{ |
self.appListFeedConnection = nil; // release our connection |
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO; |
// create the queue to run our ParseOperation |
self.queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init]; |
// create an ParseOperation (NSOperation subclass) to parse the RSS feed data so that the UI is not blocked |
// "ownership of appListData has been transferred to the parse operation and should no longer be |
// referenced in this thread. |
// |
ParseOperation *parser = [[ParseOperation alloc] initWithData:appListData delegate:self]; |
[queue addOperation:parser]; // this will start the "ParseOperation" |
[parser release]; |
// ownership of appListData has been transferred to the parse operation |
// and should no longer be referenced in this thread |
self.appListData = nil; |
} |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
// dealloc |
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- (void)dealloc |
{ |
[appRecords release]; |
[appListFeedConnection release]; |
[appListData release]; |
[contentController release]; |
[window release]; |
[super dealloc]; |
} |
@end |
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