Testing SQLite Data Sharing in Swift – “Item not available” issue

[BennoCrafter]

I’m testing how to share data with the new cloudkit share feature.

When I try to open the share link on second iCloud account, I get this error:

(It's translated by google translate. Could differ to original pop up)

Item not available – The person who owns the file no longer shares it, or your account doesn’t have permission to open it.

Has anyone run into this while testing cloud sharing? Really want to test it on my two different iCloud accounts.
Hope someone can help me :) Really like this framework!

[mbrandonw]

Hi @BennoCrafter, this is one of the first things mentioned in the "Sharing data with other iCloud users" documentation:

https://swiftpackageindex.com/pointfreeco/sqlite-data/main/documentation/sqlitedata/cloudkitsharing

Important
To enable sharing of records be sure to add a CKSharingSupported key to your Info.plist with a value of true. This is subtly documented in Apple’s documentation for sharing.

[BennoCrafter]

Hi @mbrandonw! Thanks for your quick answer. Im using the reminder sample project, where it's already enabled.

Also when trying to share it with a platform instead of just copying link, I get this:

[BennoCrafter]

Nvm! Fixed it by myself! Created new cloud kit container. Works now. Great framework 🤩 🙌
A second question: Is it possible to background sync it, so you dont need to hard quit app?

[BennoCrafter]

Sorry, that all works just fine for us when running on a device. I would just double check that your project is set up correctly.

Yea. I'm just using your sample project. Remote notification, background fetch and background processing enabled.

[mbrandonw]

I understand, but considering that project is registered with our developer account and bundle ID, there is a chance all of its settings are not being properly transferred over to your account. You may want to remove all settings and re-add them. Or you may just need to create a fresh project.

[BennoCrafter]

I understand, but considering that project is registered with our developer account and bundle ID, there is a chance all of its settings are not being properly transferred over to your account. You may want to remove all settings and re-add them. Or you may just need to create a fresh project.

Hi again! I went ahead and created a new project, and cloud syncing is now working almost perfectly. The only hiccup is that when I add an item on e.g. iPhone, it doesn’t immediately sync to the Mac. I have to switch focus to another app and then back again for the changes to appear. (It works when I add an item from mac. Then it directly syncs to iPhone without needing to close it)

[mbrandonw]

Synchronization to the device is driven by remote notifications. Is there a chance that those remote notifications do not work when developing a macOS app locally?

Most likely this is just the behavior of CKSyncEngine and not something we can control. I would first confirm how CKSycnEngine works on macOS and how remote notifications work.

[BennoCrafter]

Synchronization to the device is driven by remote notifications. Is there a chance that those remote notifications do not work when developing a macOS app locally?

Most likely this is just the behavior of CKSyncEngine and not something we can control. I would first confirm how CKSycnEngine works on macOS and how remote notifications work.

Yeah could be. But as I said. Almost perfect. That's enough. Great framework and thanks for your fast responses! :)