Trying to store an array of dictionaries with NSUserDefaults
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var theTasks: [[String:Any]] = [["num":1,"title":"example","colour":"red"]]
let defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
defaults.setObject(theTasks, forKey: "myTasks")
defaults.synchronize()
let selected = theTasks[1]
Gives error:
Cannot convert value of type '[[String:Any]]' to expected argument of type 'AnyObject?'
Swift 3.x
In Swift 3 it has changed so now it needs to be saved as [Any]
Any Array and use UserDefaults array(forKey:) method to load it:
let theTasks: [Any] = [["num": 1, "title": "example", "colour": "red"]]
UserDefaults.standard.set(theTasks, forKey: "myTasks")
if let loadedTasks = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "myTasks") as? [[String: Any]] {
print(loadedTasks)
}
var theTasks: [[String: Any]] {
get {
return UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "myTasks") as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
}
set {
UserDefaults.standard.set(newValue as [Any], forKey: "myTasks")
}
}
Swift 2.x
You just need to save it as a AnyObject
array and use NSUserDefaults
method arrayForKey
to load it:
let theTasks: [AnyObject] = [["num": 1, "title": "example", "colour": "red"]]
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(theTasks, forKey: "myTasks")
if let loadedTasks = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().arrayForKey("myTasks") as? [[String: AnyObject]] {
print(loadedTasks)
}
You can also create a computed property with a getter and a setter to do all the work behind the scenes for you as follow:
var theTasks: [[String: AnyObject]] {
get {
return NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().arrayForKey("myTasks") as? [[String: AnyObject]] ?? []
}
set {
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(newValue as [AnyObject], forKey: "myTasks")
}
}
print(theTasks) // [["title": example, "colour": red, "num": 1]]
theTasks[0]["title"] = "another example"
print(theTasks) // [["title": another example, "colour": red, "num": 1]]
Just call the .setObject()
method directly from NSUserDefaults()
and it should work fine.
NSUserDefaults().setObject(theTasks, forKey: "myTasks")