iOS Components and Frameworks: Understanding the Advanced Features of the iOS SDK
by Kyle Richter, Joe Keeley
Dealing with Photo Stream
Photo Stream is a photo-syncing feature that is part of Apple’s iCloud service. When an iCloud user adds a photo to a Photo Stream–enabled device, that photo is instantly synced to all the user’s other Photo Stream–enabled devices. For example, if the user has an iPhone, an iPad, and a Mac, and takes a photo on the iPhone, the photo will be visible immediately on the iPad (in the Photos app) and the Mac (in iPhoto or Aperture) with no additional effort required.
To use Photo Stream, the user needs to have an iCloud account. An iCloud account can be created free on an iOS device. Visit Settings, iCloud. Create a new account or enter iCloud account information. After the iCloud account information is entered on the device, ...
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