Creating a profile which can be used everywhere in the app - ios

Question

I created an UIViewController which has two UITexFields and an UIImageView inside of it.
What I want it to be is a profile page, which provides information usable everywhere in the app.
What I tried to do is the following:
I created a Class with this code (based on Apple's tutorial on creating apps):
import UIKit
Class ProfilClass: NSObject, NSCoding {
//MARK: Properties
var bild: UIImage?
var vorname: String
var geburt: String
//MARK: Archiving Paths
static let DocumentsDirectory = NSFileManager().URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask).first!
static let ArchiveURL = DocumentsDirectory.URLByAppendingPathComponent("profil")
//MARK: Types
struct propKey {
static let bildKey = "bild"
static let vornameKey = "vorname"
static let geburtKey = "geburt"
}
//MARK: Initialization
init?(bild: UIImage?, vorname: String, geburt: String){
self.bild = bild
self.vorname = vorname
self.geburt = geburt
super.init()
if vorname.isEmpty || geburt.isEmpty {
return nil
}
}
func encodeWithCoder(aCoder: NSCoder) {
aCoder.encodeObject(bild, forKey: propKey.bildKey)
aCoder.encodeObject(vorname, forKey: propKey.vornameKey)
aCoder.encodeObject(geburt, forKey: propKey.geburtKey)
}
required convenience init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder){
let bild = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey(propKey.bildKey) as? UIImage
let vorname = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey(propKey.vornameKey) as! String
let geburt = aDecoder.decodeObjectForKey(propKey.geburtKey) as! String
self.init(bild: bild, vorname: vorname, geburt: geburt)
}
}
I try to use this Class inside of my UIViewController:
override func viewDidLoad() {
[...]
if let profil = profil{
vornameLabel.text = profil.vorname
vornameField.text = profil.vorname
profilePic.image = profil.bild
geburtstagsLabel.text = profil.geburt
geburtstagField.text = profil.geburt
}
}
And when a save button is tapped:
#IBAction func butTap(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
let vorname = vornameField.text
let geburt = geburtstagField.text
let bild = profilePic.image
profil = ProfilClass(bild: bild, vorname: vorname!, geburt: geburt!)
}
But after I close the UIViewController by going back to another one and reopen it, all the information is lost.
I don't know how to get the information again (I assume it is saved somewhere).
Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

public class MyViewState : NSObject{
static var isFromLogin = false
static var isFromCQ = false
}
add above to anywhere in any view controller it will accessible everywhere like
MyViewState.isFromLogin

Answer 2

make a shared class like following this will save data all the time
Class ProfilClass: NSObject, NSCoding {
static let sharedInstance = ProfilClass()
// here methods etc will go
}
and
ProfilClass.sharedInstance.(properties or method)
If you want data after app relaunched too , then save this to Userdefaults and load this class again and access anywhere in the app

Answer 3

Your mistake comes right at the end:
I assume it is saved somewhere
It is not, unless you ask for it to be saved. You need to use NSUserDefaults or NSKeyedArchiver to write your object. You've written all the code required to make that work, now you just need to do the reading and writing.
For example, to write your saved data you'll need something like this:
let defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
defaults.setObject(profil, forKey: "SavedUserProfile")
I can't comment on reading because you have limited the code you posted:
[...]
if let profil = profil{
That is where your reading code should happen. I'm guessing(!) you're doing something like this:
let defaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
if let profil = defaults.objectForKey("SavedUserProfile") as? ProfilClass
As you're following a specific Apple tutorial: You might find it easier just to continue following there rather than trying to use a different solution. Specifically, you need to continue onto the heading "Save and Load the Meal List", which is where the actual saving and loading happens. Apple writes the data to disk rather than user defaults, so you should follow along.
To be clear: the code you've written only enables your object to be saved and loaded. It doesn't actually do the saving.

Answer 4

var isFromLogin = false
var isFromCQ = false
Class ProfilClass: NSObject, NSCoding {.......}
add above to class it will accessible everywhere publicly . OR also create .swift file and declare constant variable to access globally