I am new to iphone development, and i want to store CLLocationCoordinate2D
object to NSUserDefaults
.
I am Trying
[defaults setObject:location forKey:@"userLocation"];
But it gives error 'Sending CLLocationCoordinate2D to parameter of incompatible type id'
So How to store CLLocationCoordinate2D
into NSUserDefaults
?
Thanks.
As pdrcabrod said,
"A default object must be a property list, that is, an instance of NSData
, NSString
, NSNumber
, NSDate
, NSArray
, or NSDictionary
."
I use this to store,
NSNumber *lat = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:location.latitude];
NSNumber *lon = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:location.longitude];
NSDictionary *userLocation=@{@"lat":lat,@"long":lon};
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:userLocation forKey:@"userLocation"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
And access using,
NSDictionary *userLoc=[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"userLocation"];
NSLog(@"lat %@",[userLoc objectForKey:@"lat"]);
NSLog(@"long %@",[userLoc objectForKey:@"long"]);
This is what i would do:
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:&coordinate length:sizeof(coordinate)];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:data forKey:@"key"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
Then you can retrieve it like this:
NSData *data = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"key"];
CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;
[data getBytes:&coordinate length:sizeof(coordinate)];
The NSUserDefaults class provides convenience methods for accessing common types such as floats, doubles, integers, Booleans, and URLs. A default object must be a property list, that is, an instance of (or for collections a combination of instances of): NSData, NSString, NSNumber, NSDate, NSArray, or NSDictionary. If you want to store any other type of object, you should typically archive it to create an instance of NSData
See: NSUserDefaults
You can set like this..
CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate; // need to set your coordinate here
[[defaults setObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%g",coordinate.latitude] forKey:@"latitude"] ];
[[defaults setObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%g",coordinate.longitude] forKey:@"longitude"] ];
i Hope it helps.
As others have said, first convert it into a Dictionary
or Data
object and then save it as you normally would. In Swift I highly recommend using extensions. Here's what I did:
extension CLLocationCoordinate2D {
private static let Lat = "lat"
private static let Lon = "lon"
typealias CLLocationDictionary = [String: CLLocationDegrees]
var asDictionary: CLLocationDictionary {
return [CLLocationCoordinate2D.Lat: self.latitude,
CLLocationCoordinate2D.Lon: self.longitude]
}
init(dict: CLLocationDictionary) {
self.init(latitude: dict[CLLocationCoordinate2D.Lat]!,
longitude: dict[CLLocationCoordinate2D.Lon]!)
}
}
import CoreLocation
// Store an array of CLLocationCoordinate2D
func storeCoordinates(_ coordinates: [CLLocationCoordinate2D]) {
let locations = coordinates.map { coordinate -> CLLocation in
return CLLocation(latitude: coordinate.latitude, longitude: coordinate.longitude)
}
let archived = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: locations)
UserDefaults.standard.set(archived, forKey: "coordinates")
UserDefaults.standard.synchronize()
}
// Return an array of CLLocationCoordinate2D
func loadCoordinates() -> [CLLocationCoordinate2D]? {
guard let archived = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "coordinates") as? Data,
let locations = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: archived) as? [CLLocation] else {
return nil
}
let coordinates = locations.map { location -> CLLocationCoordinate2D in
return location.coordinate
}
return coordinates
}
Now Let's test the implementation:
let testCoordinates = [
CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 0.123456789, longitude: 0.123456789),
CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 1.123456789, longitude: 1.123456789),
CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 2.123456789, longitude: 2.123456789)
]
self.storeCoordinates(testCoordinates)
let coordinates = loadCoordinates()
print(coordinates)