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NSUserDefaults Passing Variable from one view to the other

I'm trying to pass a variable (probably going to end up being a bool or an int, I just just want to indicate the state of a UISwitch) from one view to another. I've looked into this and it seems like the best way to do this is NSUserDefaults. However every time I try the solutions it seems to crash the app. Here's what I've done in my .m file:

  1. Right-click-dragged the switch to the space in between @interface and @end and created an outlet

    @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UISwitch *officer1;

  2. Right-click-dragged the switch to the space in between @implementation and @end and created an action

    - (IBAction)officer1Flipped:(id)sender { [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:_officer1 forKey:@"officer1"]; }

But now it crashes whenever I flip that switch. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Did I forget to include anything?

Solution

  • Instead of saving the whole UISwitch object to the user defaults, save the current on state (BOOL) officer1.isOn

    - (IBAction)officer1Flipped:(id)sender {
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:_officer1.isOn forKey:@"officer1"];
}

    Then to read that value, call

    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"officer1"];