I am getting my custom class object after button action method. Now I need to store multiple custom objects in NSMutableArray
and then store this array in NSUserDefaults
.
Here is my code :
-(IBAction)onClickSubmitLater:(id)sender
{
//Saving store in user defaults for later upload data.
NSMutableArray *arrayStoreList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
arrayStoreList = [Util getArrayPreference:@"Store"];//arrayStoreList is the list of all stores.
Store *store = [[Store alloc] init];
store = [arrayStoreList objectAtIndex:self.selectedStoreIndex];//here i am getting particular store that i need to save in array.
//archive
NSData *dataStore = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:store];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:dataStore forKey:@"resultStore"];
//unarchive
NSData *dataResultStore = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"resultStore"];
Store *resultStore = (Store *)[NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:dataResultStore];
NSLog(@"%@", resultStore);
}
Using above code, it is saving single Custom class Store
object in NSUserDefaults
. So I would like to save all Store
object in NSMutableArray
after submit later ibaction. Later, I will fetch array of stores for uploading store on server one by one.
Thanks.
To store and retrieve array with custom object on user defaults you can use following methods:
-(void)writeArrayWithCustomObjToUserDefaults:(NSString *)keyName withArray:(NSMutableArray *)myArray
{
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:myArray];
[defaults setObject:data forKey:keyName];
[defaults synchronize];
}
-(NSArray *)readArrayWithCustomObjFromUserDefaults:(NSString*)keyName
{
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSData *data = [defaults objectForKey:keyName];
NSArray *myArray = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];
[defaults synchronize];
return myArray;
}
But make sure you have implemented
- (void) encodeWithCoder : (NSCoder *)encode ;
- (id) initWithCoder : (NSCoder *)decode;
method in data model class to avoid crash as followings:
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder;
{
[coder encodeObject:label forKey:@"label"];
[coder encodeInteger:numberID forKey:@"numberID"];
}
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder;
{
self = [super init];
if (self != nil)
{
label = [[coder decodeObjectForKey:@"label"] retain];
numberID = [[coder decodeIntegerForKey:@"numberID"] retain];
}
return self;
}
You need to archive it by implementing NSCoding
protocol. Then you can write it to any file.
Implement these methods in your model :
- (void) encodeWithCoder : (NSCoder *)encode ;
- (id) initWithCoder : (NSCoder *)decode;
As you say, you have implemented this in the Class, now you need to save the array.
For saving and reading the array, you need to use :;
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:yourMutableArray forKey:@"keyForArray"];
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"keyForArray"]];
This two methods will mainly used to store
and retrieve
custom object's property.
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)encoder ;
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder;
Take look at @chrissr's answer, @Brad Larson's answer