NSData dataWithContentsOfURL cache

Question

NSData +dataWithContentsOfURL has any kind of caching by default? Has anyone experimented some kind of problems using this method, what is the most efficient way to get Data fro

Answer 1

The documentation doesn't say that it will cache, so I think we should assume that they don't do any caching.

Which kinds of data you want to get

UIImage : yes, I think you should use NSData

Video: you should use MPMoviePlayerController for streaming

Text: I think you can do normal NSUrlConnection. It also has asynchronous, synchrnous and caching