Swift CloudKit reading when not logged in to iCloud - ios

Question

So I can read information from my database when (in the simulator) I'm logged into my iCloud, however, everyone who has my app will (obviously) not be. When I try to access database when Im not logged in, this error message appears:
<CKError 0x7fc1e3416510: "Request Rate Limited" (7/2008); "This operation has been rate limited"; Retry after 3.0 seconds>
followed by:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (Cocoa error 4097.)" (connection to service named com.apple.cloudd) UserInfo=0x7fc1e352f800 {NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.cloudd}
Code:
//VARIABLES********************************************************
#IBOutlet var questions: UILabel!
var resultsOfDB : String = ""
var indexes : [Int] = []
var counter : Int = 0
var newStr : String = ""
//*****************************************************************
#IBAction func getNewQbutton(sender: AnyObject) {
let container = CKContainer.defaultContainer()
var publicDB = container.publicCloudDatabase
let myQuery = CKQuery(recordType: "QuestionsTable", predicate: NSPredicate(value: true))
publicDB.performQuery(myQuery, inZoneWithID: nil){
results, error in
if error != nil {
println(error)
}
else
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
self.resultsOfDB = results.description
//for each character in resultsOfDB
for character in self.resultsOfDB{
if(character == "\""){
self.indexes.append(self.counter)
}
self.counter++
}
self.newStr = self.resultsOfDB.substringWithRange(Range<String.Index>(start: advance(self.resultsOfDB.startIndex, self.indexes[0] + 1), end: advance(self.resultsOfDB.endIndex, -(self.counter - self.indexes[1]))))
self.questions.text = self.newStr
})
}
}
}
Does anyone know how someone can read in my database when they aren't logged in to my iCloud account? Thanks!

Answer 1

The public database is only readable with no login in the production environment, not in the development environment.
Apple's documentation says:
In development, when you run your app through Xcode on a simulator or a device, you need to enter iCloud credentials to read records in the public database. In production, the default permissions allow non-authenticated users to read records in the public database but do not allow them to write records.
See CloudKit Quick Start.

Answer 2

This is a simulator bug (The Apple team is likely to fix this in the coming updates).
If your simulator is not logged into iCloud, this error will occur.
However, this error will not occur in the virtual device even if that device does not have iCloud logged in