What is the equivalent of Android content provider in IOS?

Question

What is the equivalent of Android\'s content provider in iOS?

Summary:

A content provider manages access to a central repository of data. A pr

Answer 1

If I'm understanding that link correctly, there is no equivalent.

On iOS, apps can't share resources between each other in that way. For security reasons, each app has it's own data and is sandboxed from being able to access the data within another app.

The only ways you could share data between apps is to have some network sync process between your apps, or possibly use UIPasteBoard but that's cumbersome. You can also pass very limited data via the app URL scheme.