NSUserDefaults Example

NSUserDefaults is a quick and easy way to store small amounts of data for you app. In this example, I’m going to show you how to use NSUserDefaults to store and retrieve data.

Storing Data

// create a standardUserDefaults variable
NSUserDefaults * standardUserDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

// saving an NSString
[standardUserDefaults setObject:@"mystring" forKey:@"string"];

// saving an NSInteger
[standardUserDefaults setInteger:42 forKey:@"integer"];

// saving a Double
[standardUserDefaults setDouble:3.1415 forKey:@"double"];

// saving a Float
[standardUserDefaults setFloat:3.1415 forKey:@"float"];

// synchronize the settings
[standardUserDefaults synchronize];

Retrieving Data

// create a standardUserDefaults variable
NSUserDefaults *standardUserDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

// getting an NSString object
NSString *myString = [standardUserDefaults stringForKey:@"keyToLookupString"];

// getting an NSInteger object
NSInteger myInt = [standardUserDefaults integerForKey:@"integerKey"];

// getting an Float object
float myFloat = [standardUserDefaults floatForKey:@"floatKey"];

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