SOLVED: Offline data base with exercise in App

@mrgg

Mar '23

Hi!

I make fitness app and I want give users offline data base with exercises. As I understand when user install app from App Store (app with Core Data) has a empty data base.

I dont want use API, because is expensive (earlier I make this app in React Native and make API so user add this exercises from web).

How I can add exercise to Core Data in elegant way?

My idea is making JSON/CSV file with exercises (its about 1000 exercises). Attatch this file to App bundle and when App running first time i add this exercisers to Core Data.

It is good approach? Can I do this a better way?

@Hatsushira HWS+

Mar '23

You can do that. Depending on the exercises and what data it contains this shouldn't be a problem.

One hint, though. If you add it on start up do this on a background thread. Depending on amount of data your app seems to freeze and can be unresponsive for a few seconds. Your users could think the app doesn't work when the UI is unresponsive.

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