Is it possible to access NSURLCache in MonoTouch?

Question

I want to create a custom web view and proxy HTTP calls (This blog explains what I'm trying to do).

I have an implementation working in Objective C using NSURLCache but I can't find a way to replace the NSURLCache from within MonoTouch. Is it possible? Or is there another way to achieve this?

In the Objective C implementation the replace the NSURLCache with your custom one in the AppDelegate here:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
    didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    LocalSubstitutionCache *cache = [[LocalSubstitutionCache alloc] init];
    [NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:cache];

    [window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

Answer 1

Is it possible?

If you can do it from Objective-C then you should be able to do the same from C# using MonoTouch. Otherwise it's a bug and we'll work to fix it asap :-)

but I can't find a way to replace the NSURLCache from within MonoTouch

If by replace you mean calling this (in Objective-C)

 +[NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:]

then the MonoTouch equivalent is:

 NSUrlCache.SharedCache = ...;