What is the best way to download image data from ASP.NET to iphone?

Question

I am building an iphone app that will require downloading an image from an ASP.NET web application (either as part of an XML document that is formatted according to the property list schema or by itself) into an (NSData *) object.

What encoder should I use on the server side to generate compatible XML for the iphone? Is it as simple as just Base64? What about BigEndian vs. LittleEndian issues?

Thanks, -MrB

Answer 1

The endian-ness of XML is defined by the text encoding of the document. So, as long as you use a standard encoding (UTF-8, say, or UTF-8) on both sides, it really should be as simple as using Convert.ToBase64String on your image's binary data.