Objective C Data Caching on iOS

Question

I am pulling data from an API and then building out my data objects with it. I want to cache this data for the future. I have been storing the string from the api in NSUserDef

Answer 1

There are many different solutions to this problem and there is no "right" way to do it. A few popular options are:

• Core Data - Apple's framework for persistence. Very performant, but more difficult.
• SQLite - Fast and flexible, but bare bones.
• Plists - Basically writing a file to disk, you have to read and write manually.
• NSUserDefaults - The lightest weight "key-value" option.

I would encourage you to read up on all four and see which one works best for you.