Extremely Simple Saved High Score - ios

Question

The game that I am creating has a highScore integer variable that gets assigned when the player loses. I am using NSUsersDefaults class to save my high score. Here is my code that I am using:
-(void)saveScore {
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setInteger:score forKey:#"highScore"];
[defaults setInteger:score forKey:#"highScore"];
[defaults synchronize];
NSLog(#"High Score: %i ", highScore);
}
-(IBAction)buttonReleased:(id)sender {
[stopWatchTimer invalidate];
AudioServicesPlayAlertSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate);
NSString *label0 = #"Hold to Start";
[labelText setText:label0];
if (score > 0) {
score--;
}
else {
score = 0;
NSLog(#"Changed score to 0");
}
if (score > highScore) {
[self saveScore];
NSString *scoreMessage =[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"Congrats! You have a new High Score! Click Share High Score to share your score of: %i",score];
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"High Score!" message:(NSString *)scoreMessage delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
score = 0;
}
else {
NSString *scoreMessage =[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"Game Over! Your score was: %i",score];
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"GAME OVER!" message:(NSString *)scoreMessage delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"Try Again" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
score = 0;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
int highscore = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] integerForKey: #"highScore"];
[stopWatchTimer invalidate];
stopWatchTimer=nil;
}
I have been wrestling with this for HOURS! What am I doing wrong?! Note: Can you explain it as simply as possible.
Thanks!
-Matt

Answer 1

Reading it:
int highscore = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] integerForKey: #"highScore"];
It will most likely be the default value of int (i.e. 0) when the file is blank.
Also don't forget to force a write of your defaults to "disk" with synchronize:
-(void)saveScore {
NSUSerDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[defaults setInteger:score forKey:#"highScore"];
[defaults synchronize];
}
You can load the highscore either in viewDidLoad or even in your init (or initWithNibName) method since this part isn't dependent on your view being loaded.
You could declare a property on your Scores view that you set in the viewDidLoad method. Alternatively you could expose the UILabel of that scores class (if that's what you use) as a property of your scores class.
- (void)viewDidLoad:
{
...
self.scoresView.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", highScore];
...
}

Answer 2

There is a really simple highscore management system which I have written it even has online support. You can find it https://github.com/faizanaziz/HighScore