Real-time iOS Blogs

News Jun 5, 2017

Introducing the PubNub Best Practices Playbook

Announcing our new PubNub Best Practices Playbook for JavaScript, iOS, and Android, on how to build apps with PubNub correctly.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
GamingMar 7, 2017

Building a Multiplayer Hangman Game for iOS in Swift

With the launch of PubNub BLOCKS last year, PubNub extended its functionality to enable you to execute functions on your data streaming over the PubNub network. And it fits in great with simple turn-based multiplayer games for both web and mobile. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through a simple...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatFeb 10, 2017

Inspire Chat Powers Interactive Group Chat With PubNub

How Inspire Chat built an interactive web, iOS, and Android group chat app with PubNub.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 11, 2016

Twitter Fabric, EON, Raspberry Pi iWatch Heart Rate Monitor

Since last July when I first developed for the Apple Watch, I have watched this wearable struggle to rise in popularity. Although it is just an extension of the iPhone, on which it relies heavily, some of its features are fun for both users and developers. HealthKit gives developers access to fitness...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 7, 2016

Radio Station App using Apple Music & iTunes Search API’s

With the steady rise of Apple Music, Apple has released an API allowing developers to check if a user is an Apple Music member, check which country the user account is associated with, queue up songs using song id’s for playback and can look at playlists the user already has or create a new one....
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Tutorial Real-time iOS Heart Rate Monitor and Dashboard
HealthcareSep 30, 2015

Tutorial: Real-time iOS Heart Rate Monitor and Dashboard

How to build an iOS heart rate monitor that streams heart rate data in real time to a real-time dashboard from the iOS smartphone app.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
InsightsJul 29, 2015

Connected Car Tech Preview: Apple CarPlay and PubNub

A look at what’s been done with Apple CarPlay, what the future holds, and where PubNub sits with Apple CarPlay and connected car as a whole.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
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InsightsJul 17, 2015

Wearable Tech Preview: Apple Watch and PubNub

A technology preview for Apple Watch and PubNub, to build real-time communication for Apple Watch applications including chat, home automation, and the IoT.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 1, 2015

Get Started: Swift PubNub Storage & Playback and Presence

How to get started with Storage & Playback, History, and Presence using the PubNub Objective-C SDK for Swift for real-time iOS apps.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll