I am using Azure Mobile Service as a backend for an iOS app. I have set up everything to work with offline sync which allows me to view, add, or modify data even when there is no network connection. I am now into testing and I run into an error: "The item provided was not valid" when I try to synchronize data.
Here's what I am doing:
I add a new athlete to the syncTableWithName:@"Athlete" with this:
NSDictionary *newItem = @{@"firstname": @"Charles", @"lastname": @"Lambert", @"laterality" : @"Orthodox"}; [self.athletesService addItem:newItem completion:^{ NSLog(@"New athlete added"); }]; Here's the addItem function:
-(void)addItem:(NSDictionary *)item completion:(CompletionBlock)completion { // Insert the item into the Athlete table [self.syncTable insert:item completion:^(NSDictionary *result, NSError *error) { [self logErrorIfNotNil:error]; // Let the caller know that we finished dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ completion(); }); }]; } For now everything is fine and the item is in the syncTable. The problem is when I try to synchronize with the Azure Mobile Service. Here's the syncData function I am calling:
-(void)syncData:(CompletionBlock)completion { // push all changes in the sync context, then pull new data [self.client.syncContext pushWithCompletion:^(NSError *error) { [self logErrorIfNotNil:error]; [self pullData:completion]; }]; } The pushWithCompletion gets me the error: "The item provided was not valid." and same for the pullData function that gets called after:
-(void)pullData:(CompletionBlock)completion { MSQuery *query = [self.syncTable query]; // Pulls data from the remote server into the local table. // We're pulling all items and filtering in the view // query ID is used for incremental sync [self.syncTable pullWithQuery:query queryId:@"allAthletes" completion:^(NSError *error) { [self logErrorIfNotNil:error]; // Let the caller know that we finished dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ completion(); }); }]; } I have tried inserting directly in the MSTable and that works fine. It's really when I am using the MSSyncTable that I run into this error. Although when I insert data manually in my database and that I synchronize my context I can fetch data and display within my UITableView.
Lookin forward to see what you guys think about this. Thanks a lot!
I just edited my question thanks to @phillipv. When I add an item using NSDictionary just like I did I run into the error "The item provided was not valid". So I tried adding an item by first inserting it to my managedObjectContext and then calling:
NSDictionary *dict = [MSCoreDataStore tableItemFromManagedObject:newAthlete]; I then I get the error when I try to sync: "The item provided did not have a valid id."
I feel like I am experiencing a circle.. :S
