NSURLConnection download large file (>40MB)

Question

I need to download large file (i.e. > 40MB) to my application from server, this file will be ZIP or PDF. I achieved it using NSURLConnection, that works wel

Answer 1

If you're willing to use asi-http-request, it's much, much easier.

Check out https://github.com/steipete/PSPDFKit-Demo for a working example with asi.

It's about as easy as this:

    // create request
    ASIHTTPRequest *pdfRequest = [ASIHTTPRequest requestWithURL:self.url];
    [pdfRequest setAllowResumeForFileDownloads:YES];
    [pdfRequest setNumberOfTimesToRetryOnTimeout:0];
    [pdfRequest setTimeOutSeconds:20.0];
    [pdfRequest setShouldContinueWhenAppEntersBackground:YES];
    [pdfRequest setShowAccurateProgress:YES];
    [pdfRequest setDownloadDestinationPath:destPath];

    [pdfRequest setCompletionBlock:^(void) {
        PSELog(@"Download finished: %@", self.url);

        // cruel way to update
        [XAppDelegate updateFolders];
    }];

    [pdfRequest setFailedBlock:^(void) {
        PSELog(@"Download failed: %@. reason:%@", self.url, [pdfRequest.error localizedDescription]);
    }];