parthibl / socket-boilerplate

Minimal necessary boilerplate to set up bi-directional events via web socket between web and native iOS app.

socket-boilerplate

Socket boilerplate, as the name implies, is a boilerplate setup of a full stack web and iOS application with bi-directional event set up via WebSockets using Socket.io

To Run

1. Download the whole repo (web and iOS app)
2. Navigate to the /web folder and run npm restart to start the node server
3. Run the iOS app in a simulator (The simulator is required because the application is running on localhost)
4. You may or may not have to wait a few seconds for the iOS application to connect
5. Click the like buttons or draw to send notifications back and fourth

Dependencies

iOS

• socket.io-client-swift

web

• body-parser
• express
• nodemon
• socket.io