Magazine Content App With CMS – iOS [ Push Notifications | Offline Storage ]
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Magazine Content App With CMS – iOS [ Push Notifications | Offline Storage ] Review
As a developer, it can be challenging to find a comprehensive solution for building a magazine-style content app that meets the needs of a modern audience. Enter this impressive iOS app solution from Invedion, a comprehensive package that allows you to create a user-friendly app with a responsive design, offline storage capabilities, and push notifications integrated from the get-go. With its robust feature set, this app is undoubtedly an excellent choice for both seasoned developers and those who are new to app creation.
Key Features:
The app boasts numerous key features that make it a standout in the competitive world of content apps:
- Xcode with Cordova: Code for both iOS and web apps using a single SDK, making it easy to transition between platforms.
- Offline mode: Read articles even when Internet connection is unavailable, courtesy of offline storage capabilities.
- Push notification integration: Send targeted promotions, updates, and alert subscribers to your app whenever there’s new content published.
- Compatible devices: Supports iPhones, iPads, and numerous platforms, ensuring a cohesive experience across various devices.
Design and User-Friendly Interface:
Users will appreciate the app’s stunning design, which caters to a wide variety of devices and screen resolutions. The intuitive interface invites readers to explore and engages them with interactive elements throughout. The app’s features make it easy to scroll, zoom, and control text size, ensuring comfort for readers with varying mobile screen sizes.
Integration with Social Media:
Stay connected with your followers on various social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps, YouTube, and Vimeo) and inject real-time updates into the app.
Customizability:
Developers will appreciate the flexibility granted by the app’s easy-to-edit templates, multiple themes, and support for add-on languages. Additional bonus features include AdMob support, search functionality, and a scalable content repository.
Server-Side Development:
The platform requires a typical web host that supports PHP 5 or higher with MySQL, a database for the administrative side and app server’s requirements.
Conclusion and Overall Score:
Score: 5/5 stars
This comprehensive kit by Invedion takes app development to the next level, offering an exemplary content app solution with various tools and features. Easing the development process without compromising on quality, we award this app a highly competitive score of 5 stars.
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Introduction
Are you a publisher or content provider looking to create a magazines app for iOS devices that allows users to read online and offline, receive push notifications, and access cached content even when they have no internet connection? Then you're in the right place! This tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on how to use the Magazine Content App with CMS - iOS, which offers a hassle-free way to create your own magazine app with Content Management System (CMS). By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to set up a fully functional magazine app using the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS.
Before we dive into the technical details, let's define what the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS entails:
- Magazine Content App: A pre-configured iOS app that offers a user-friendly interface to display your magazine content to your audience.
- CMS (Content Management System): A web-based platform that allows you to manage and update your content, including articles, sections, and other magazine material.
- Push Notifications: A feature that sends notifications to users' iOS devices, reminding them when new content is available to read.
- Offline Storage: A capability to store content on users' devices, allowing them to access it even when offline.
Tutorial: Configuring the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS
Step 1: Setting up the CMS
For this tutorial, we assume you have a basic knowledge of web development and know how to use a website builder or content management software. If you're a beginner, you can use existing CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal with a magazine theme.
Assuming you have your CMS set up, create several sections and categories for your magazine content. You can configure the CMS to have specific sections for news, fashion, sports, and lifestyle, for example.
Next, create articles and manage them using the CMS controls. You can add headers, images, and formatting to make your content appear visually appealing.
Step 2: Setting up the Magazine Content App
- Download and install the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS from the Apple Store or App Store Connect portal.
- Create a project in the App Store and generate a new API endpoint for your app.
- Configure the app's settings, such as the API endpoint, CMS URL, and image storage settings.
Step 3: Configuring Push Notifications
- Visit the Apple Developer Portal (https://developer.apple.com/account/) and create new certificates for push notifications under the "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" page.
- Configure the Magazin Content App for push notifications by setting the APNs (Apple Push Notification Service) certificate within the app's settings panel.
- Define the sound, badge, and presentation style for your push notifications.
Step 4: Integrating Offline Storage
- Configure the cache settings within the app settings panel to enable offline access to your magazine content. You can choose the period of time the content is stored offline.
- Set up the app to download relevant content when the user disconnects from the internet and store it in the temporary cache.
Step 5: Setting up Sections and Categories
- Update the CMS categories and articles to match the sections on your magazine app.
- Configure the app to query the CMS for specific category and section data, linking them to the corresponding iOS views.
Step 6: Building the iPhone App
- Create xcode project using the previously downloaded Magazine Content App SDK.
- Implement the view controllers and view models accordingly, using the configured setting and CMS API.
- Set up the app delegates and data sources for parsing and displaying content.
By following these steps, you'll have a fully functioning magazine app with push notifications and offline storage capabilities that integrates seamlessly with your magazine content management system. Continue reading for more detailed and step-by-step instructions and code snippets.
Here is an example of how to configure the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS [ Push Notifications | Offline Storage ]:
API Configuration
To configure the API, you need to set the following values in the Info.plist
file:
API_URL
: The URL of your CMS API endpoint. For example:https://example.com/api
API_KEY
: Your CMS API key. For example:your_api_key_here
API_SECRET
: Your CMS API secret. For example:your_api_secret_here
Example:
<key>API_URL</key>
<string>https://example.com/api</string>
<key>API_KEY</key>
<string>your_api_key_here</string>
<key>API_SECRET</key>
<string>your_api_secret_here</string>
Push Notification Configuration
To configure push notifications, you need to set the following values in the Info.plist
file:
PUSH_NOTIFICATION_CERTIFICATE
: The path to your APNs certificate. For example:~/path/to/certificate.p8
PUSH_NOTIFICATION_TOPIC
: The topic for your push notifications. For example:com.example.magazine
Example:
<key>PUSH_NOTIFICATION_CERTIFICATE</key>
<string>~/path/to/certificate.p8</string>
<key>PUSH_NOTIFICATION_TOPIC</key>
<string>com.example.magazine</string>
Offline Storage Configuration
To configure offline storage, you need to set the following values in the Info.plist
file:
OFFLINE_STORAGE_DIR
: The directory where you want to store offline data. For example:~/path/to/offline_data
OFFLINE_STORAGE_MAX_SIZE
: The maximum size of the offline storage. For example:100MB
Example:
<key>OFFLINE_STORAGE_DIR</key>
<string>~/path/to/offline_data</string>
<key>OFFLINE_STORAGE_MAX_SIZE</key>
<string>100MB</string>
Other Settings
LOCALE
: The locale for your app. For example:en_US
TIME_ZONE
: The time zone for your app. For example:America/New_York
Example:
<key>LOCALE</key>
<string>en_US</string>
<key>TIME_ZONE</key>
<string>America/New_York</string>
Here are the features of the Magazine Content App With CMS - iOS [ Push Notifications | Offline Storage ]:
- Support: Xcode with Cordova
- Compatible platforms: iOS (from 7 to latest)
- Compatible devices: iPhones, iPads
- App code: HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery
- Server side: PHP, My SQL
- Multi-language support: Add new languages in admin area (default 8 built-in)
- Offline mode: Read articles when offline
- Push Notification Ready
- Social Media integration: Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, and more
- User customization: Users can modify and create own templates for all app
- Unlimited: Categories, publications, articles
- AdMob Ready (with external plugins)
- Search option: In-app search
- Easy reading: Change font size in any article
- Easily editable template
- Unique and beautiful design
- Animated elements: Of the interface
- External database: Update app in real-time with administration panel (CMS)
- Scalable content
- Send mail: To registered users
- PDF guide: Step-by-step guide
- Tested: On real devices (see movie)
- All icons and splash screens: Included for iOS
- Administrator control: Create any type of information in CMS
Requirements:
- Typical web hosting: That supports PHP 5 or higher with MySQL database for admin area and app server side
Questions and Answers:
- YES: You can use all graphics
- YES: You can modify everything
- YES: You can add your own HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery code
- YES: All information is managed from the admin panel
- YES: It's very easy to use (even for beginners)
- YES: You can put your social walls, maps, Twitter feeds, and more
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