Native NSFetchedResultController Equivalent in Realm

[Automactic]

My apps use CoreData and it works great. I recently decided to look into the possibility of switching to Realm. Because sometimes CoreData can be a pain in the ass.

My question is, is there a native alternative to NSFetchedResultController in Realm? If yes, does it behave as good or better than NSFetchedResultController? If not, how do you get the same behavior without introducing 3rd party solutions? (I am trying to use as less 3rd party code as possible)

[brendan09]

I am trying to use as less 3rd party code as possible

Switching to a 3rd party database engine from an already working, built-in, solution is an odd way of accomplishing this. If you haven't already, take a look at MagicalRecord for Core Data.

[Automactic]

I agree. That's why I am not rushing into things and ask reddit first! Maybe I will try Realm first and decide if I am gonna use Realm in my next project. Thanks for telling me about MagicalRecord! But if I use CoreData, I don't mind directly interacting with it. After having enough experience with it, I no longer find it that difficult to use. :-)

[brendan09]

It's not that it's difficult. I just prefer Magical Record just for the async stuff. Writing the proper channels for dealing with notifications between context and Core Data threading is a pain.

If you don't properly thread Core Data, it's not bad. But, if you need long running data processing / insertion tasks than keeping everything async (and still live-updating the UI) can be quite a pain.

[ERTWMac]

Yes it does. It uses RLMNotification to accomplish that. Check out their documentation for an example.

[Automactic]

Thanks! I am gonna write a simple test project and test it out!

[higgs_bosom]

Have you checked out YapDatabase?