Alright, so I've been doing some poking around, and I realize my problem, but I don't know how to fix it. I have made a custom class to hold some data. I make objects for this class, and I need to them to last between sessions. Before I was putting all my information in NSUserDefaults, but this isn't working.
-[NSUserDefaults setObject:forKey:]: Attempt to insert non-property value '<Player: 0x3b0cc90>' of class 'Player'.
That is the error message I get when I put my custom class, "Player", in the NSUserDefaults. Now, I've read up that apparently NSUserDefaults only stores some types of information. So how an I get my objects into NSUSerDefaults?
I read that there should be a way to to "encode" my custom object and then put it in, but I'm not sure how to implement it, help would be appreciated! Thank you!
****EDIT****
Alright, so I worked with the code given below (Thank you!), but I'm still having some issues. Basically, the code crashes now and I'm not sure why, because it doesn't give any errors. Perhaps I'm missing something basic and I'm just too tired, but we'll see. Here is the implementation of my Custom class, "Player":
@interface Player : NSObject {
NSString *name;
NSNumber *life;
//Log of player's life
}
//Getting functions, return the info
- (NSString *)name;
- (int)life;
- (id)init;
//These are the setters
- (void)setName:(NSString *)input; //string
- (void)setLife:(NSNumber *)input; //number
@end
Implementation File:
#import "Player.h"
@implementation Player
- (id)init {
if (self = [super init]) {
[self setName:@"Player Name"];
[self setLife:[NSNumber numberWithInt:20]];
[self setPsnCounters:[NSNumber numberWithInt:0]];
}
return self;
}
- (NSString *)name {return name;}
- (int)life {return [life intValue];}
- (void)setName:(NSString *)input {
[input retain];
if (name != nil) {
[name release];
}
name = input;
}
- (void)setLife:(NSNumber *)input {
[input retain];
if (life != nil) {
[life release];
}
life = input;
}
/* This code has been added to support encoding and decoding my objecst */
-(void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)encoder
{
//Encode the properties of the object
[encoder encodeObject:self.name forKey:@"name"];
[encoder encodeObject:self.life forKey:@"life"];
}
-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
self = [super init];
if ( self != nil )
{
//decode the properties
self.name = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"name"];
self.life = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"life"];
}
return self;
}
-(void)dealloc {
[name release];
[life release];
[super dealloc];
}
@end
So that's my class, pretty straight forward, I know it works in making my objects. So here is the relevant parts of the AppDelegate file (where I call the encryption and decrypt functions):
@class MainViewController;
@interface MagicApp201AppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {
UIWindow *window;
MainViewController *mainViewController;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;
@property (nonatomic, retain) MainViewController *mainViewController;
-(void)saveCustomObject:(Player *)obj;
-(Player *)loadCustomObjectWithKey:(NSString*)key;
@end
And then the important parts of the implementation file:
#import "MagicApp201AppDelegate.h"
#import "MainViewController.h"
#import "Player.h"
@implementation MagicApp201AppDelegate
@synthesize window;
@synthesize mainViewController;
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
//First check to see if some things exist
int startup = [prefs integerForKey:@"appHasLaunched"];
if (startup == nil) {
//Make the single player
Player *singlePlayer = [[Player alloc] init];
NSLog([[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@\n%d\n%d",[singlePlayer name], [singlePlayer life], [singlePlayer psnCounters]]); // test
//Encode the single player so it can be stored in UserDefaults
id test = [MagicApp201AppDelegate new];
[test saveCustomObject:singlePlayer];
[test release];
}
[prefs synchronize];
}
-(void)saveCustomObject:(Player *)object
{
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSData *myEncodedObject = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:object];
[prefs setObject:myEncodedObject forKey:@"testing"];
}
-(Player *)loadCustomObjectWithKey:(NSString*)key
{
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSData *myEncodedObject = [prefs objectForKey:key ];
Player *obj = (Player *)[NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData: myEncodedObject];
return obj;
}
Eeee, sorry about all the code. Just trying to help. Basically, the app will launch and then crash immediatly. I've narrowed it down to the encryption part of the app, that's where it crashes, so I'm doing something wrong but I'm not sure what. Help would be appreciated again, thank you!
(I haven't gotten around to decrypting yet, as I haven't gotten encrypting working yet.)
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Synchronize the data/object that you have saved into NSUserDefaults
-(void)saveCustomObject:(Player *)object
{
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSData *myEncodedObject = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:object];
[prefs setObject:myEncodedObject forKey:@"testing"];
[prefs synchronize];
}
Hope this will help you. Thanks
Swift 3
class MyObject: NSObject, NSCoding {
let name : String
let url : String
let desc : String
init(tuple : (String,String,String)){
self.name = tuple.0
self.url = tuple.1
self.desc = tuple.2
}
func getName() -> String {
return name
}
func getURL() -> String{
return url
}
func getDescription() -> String {
return desc
}
func getTuple() -> (String, String, String) {
return (self.name,self.url,self.desc)
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
self.name = aDecoder.decodeObject(forKey: "name") as? String ?? ""
self.url = aDecoder.decodeObject(forKey: "url") as? String ?? ""
self.desc = aDecoder.decodeObject(forKey: "desc") as? String ?? ""
}
func encode(with aCoder: NSCoder) {
aCoder.encode(self.name, forKey: "name")
aCoder.encode(self.url, forKey: "url")
aCoder.encode(self.desc, forKey: "desc")
}
}
to store and retrieve:
func save() {
let data = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: object)
UserDefaults.standard.set(data, forKey:"customData" )
}
func get() -> MyObject? {
guard let data = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "customData") as? Data else { return nil }
return NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: data) as? MyObject
}
Swift 4 introduced the Codable protocol which does all the magic for these kinds of tasks. Just conform your custom struct/class to it:
struct Player: Codable {
let name: String
let life: Double
}
And for storing in the Defaults you can use the PropertyListEncoder/Decoder:
let player = Player(name: "Jim", life: 3.14)
UserDefaults.standard.set(try! PropertyListEncoder().encode(player), forKey: kPlayerDefaultsKey)
let storedObject: Data = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: kPlayerDefaultsKey) as! Data
let storedPlayer: Player = try! PropertyListDecoder().decode(Player.self, from: storedObject)
It will work like that for arrays and other container classes of such objects too:
try! PropertyListDecoder().decode([Player].self, from: storedArray)
I create a library RMMapper (https://github.com/roomorama/RMMapper) to help save custom object into NSUserDefaults easier and more convenient, because implementing encodeWithCoder and initWithCoder is super boring!
To mark a class as archivable, just use: #import "NSObject+RMArchivable.h"
To save a custom object into NSUserDefaults:
#import "NSUserDefaults+RMSaveCustomObject.h"
NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[defaults rm_setCustomObject:user forKey:@"SAVED_DATA"];
To get custom obj from NSUserDefaults:
user = [defaults rm_customObjectForKey:@"SAVED_DATA"];
Taking @chrissr's answer and running with it, this code can be implemented into a nice category on NSUserDefaults to save and retrieve custom objects:
@interface NSUserDefaults (NSUserDefaultsExtensions)
- (void)saveCustomObject:(id<NSCoding>)object
key:(NSString *)key;
- (id<NSCoding>)loadCustomObjectWithKey:(NSString *)key;
@end
@implementation NSUserDefaults (NSUserDefaultsExtensions)
- (void)saveCustomObject:(id<NSCoding>)object
key:(NSString *)key {
NSData *encodedObject = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:object];
[self setObject:encodedObject forKey:key];
[self synchronize];
}
- (id<NSCoding>)loadCustomObjectWithKey:(NSString *)key {
NSData *encodedObject = [self objectForKey:key];
id<NSCoding> object = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:encodedObject];
return object;
}
@end
Usage:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] saveCustomObject:myObject key:@"myKey"];
If anybody is looking for a swift version:
1) Create a custom class for your data
class customData: NSObject, NSCoding {
let name : String
let url : String
let desc : String
init(tuple : (String,String,String)){
self.name = tuple.0
self.url = tuple.1
self.desc = tuple.2
}
func getName() -> String {
return name
}
func getURL() -> String{
return url
}
func getDescription() -> String {
return desc
}
func getTuple() -> (String,String,String) {
return (self.name,self.url,self.desc)
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
self.name = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey("name") as! String
self.url = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey("url") as! String
self.desc = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey("desc") as! String
}
func encodeWithCoder(aCoder: NSCoder) {
aCoder.encodeObject(self.name, forKey: "name")
aCoder.encodeObject(self.url, forKey: "url")
aCoder.encodeObject(self.desc, forKey: "desc")
}
}
2) To save data use following function:
func saveData()
{
let data = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedDataWithRootObject(custom)
let defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
defaults.setObject(data, forKey:"customArray" )
}
3) To retrieve:
if let data = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey("customArray") as? NSData
{
custom = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithData(data) as! [customData]
}
Note: Here I am saving and retrieving an array of the custom class objects.
Source: Stackoverflow.com