How to download large files in iOS?

Question

I\'m trying to download files [> 40MB] from web server over HTTP request. To do that I\'ve used the SimpleURLConnection sample provided by the apple. In that sample they onl

Answer 1

ASIHTTP is no longer in active development as of September 2011. I've found that RestKit is a good alternative in many cases, however it lacks many features of ASI such as download pausing and resuming.

Answer 2

Don't reinvent the wheel! ASIHTTP has you covered, see there. There's a specific option to download directly to file.