# CloudKit Catalog: An Introduction to CloudKit

CloudKit Catalog consists of a native iOS application and a web application which demonstrate use of 

Swift and JavaScript CloudKit APIs respectively.

# Schema

The two apps share an *Items* record type which has fields

* name : String

* location : Location

* asset : Asset

# Records, Notifications and Sync

Both apps allow an authenticated user to write *Items* records to a zone in his/her private database. Additionally they

allow you to subscribe to changes to Items. So if you create or delete Items in the web app you will get notifications

of these changes in the native app and vice versa. Upon receipt of a notification, you can use the sync APIs in either app to

update a local cache of records with subscribed changes.

# Discoverability

A user of the native app can opt to be discoverable to other users of the app through the sign-in

flow (the Authentication tab). In the native app a user is typically already signed in to iCloud on their device and

they can opt in to discoverability with the *requestApplicationPermission* method in the Discoverability section.

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