Ably iOS mobile demo

Ably is the platform that powers synchronized digital experiences in realtime. Whether attending an event in a virtual venue, receiving realtime financial information, or monitoring live car performance data – consumers simply expect realtime digital experiences as standard. Ably provides a suite of APIs to build, extend, and deliver powerful digital experiences in realtime for more than 250 million devices across 80 countries each month. Organizations like Bloomberg, HubSpot, Verizon, and Hopin depend on Ably’s platform to offload the growing complexity of business-critical realtime data synchronization at global scale. For more information, see the Ably documentation.

This iOS demo uses the Ably real-time message service and provides a simple example of how to use the following features:

• Channels and publishing and subscribing to messages
• Presence, entering channels and subscribing to presence events
• Token authentication from a URL

Running the demo on a mobile device or a device emulator

• Make sure you have Xcode 7.3 or later installed.
• Make sure you have CocoaPods installed.
• Open a terminal, navigate to the cloned repository and type pod install to install all dependencies
• After that, open Xcode and select Open another project.
• Locate and open demo-ios.xcworkspace.
• From the top toolbar in Xcode select either one of the provided simulator devices, or a real hardware device.
• Use the Product -> Run menu to either run or debug the application.
• Use the app.