Consuming data from the cloud

We have our Parse-based app up and running. Now, let's see how we can get the orders from Parse into our app and display them in a list.

Getting ready

To go through this recipe, you will need to have the previous recipe up and running, Internet access, and some coffee, although I must admit that last one is not strictly necessary. Tea will be just as fine.

How to do it...

Let's see how we can extend our CloudOrder app by consuming orders from the Parse backend and display them using a list view with the help of the following steps:

1. In the last step in the Setting up Parse recipe, we were looking at the newly created Parse entity and the data in there. Entities can be created or extended on the fly from your app like we did, but we can also define columns and add data here on the webpage. Click on the +Col button to add a new column to the CargoOrder entity.
2. In the modal, display Add a column, choose String from Select a type, and name the new column address...