Parse.com - How to refresh the User's information

Question

When I\'m changing for example a bool in the Parse backend I can not retrieve this value in my iOS app. Please see the following screenshot where the first bool of the user obje

Answer 1

Examples in Swift:

First and foremost, please have a look at isDataAvailable and isDirty.

var user = PFUser.currentUser()!

// Gets whether the PFObject has been fetched.
// isDataAvailable: true if the PFObject is new or has been fetched or refreshed, otherwise false.
user.isDataAvailable()

// Gets whether any key-value pair in this object (or its children) has been added/updated/removed and not saved yet. 
// Returns whether this object has been altered and not saved yet.
user.isDirty()

Also it is probably better/more efficient to use fetchIfNeeded, fetchIfNeededInBackground, or fetchIfNeededInBackgroundWithBlock: "since they will use the local cache when available."

// Synchronously fetches the PFObject data from the server if isDataAvailable is false.
user.fetchIfNeeded()

// Fetches the PFObject data asynchronously if isDataAvailable is false, then sets it as a result for the task.    
user.fetchIfNeededInBackground()

// Fetches the PFObject data asynchronously if isDataAvailable is false, then calls the callback block.        
user.fetchIfNeededInBackgroundWithBlock({ 
            (object: PFObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
    // Code here         
})

Otherwise you can also use fetch, fetchInBackground, fetchInBackgroundWithBlock if you do not need to use the local cache.

// Synchronously fetches the PFObject with the current data from the server.
user.fetch()
            
// Fetches the PFObject asynchronously and sets it as a result for the task.
user.fetchInBackground()
            
// Fetches the PFObject asynchronously and executes the given callback block.
user.fetchInBackgroundWithBlock({
               (object: PFObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
     // Code here
})