Saving Data in iOS

What is Data, and what does it mean to save it? Find out this action-packed introductory video!

The user's document folder is a great place to store data. Where is it located? The File Manager knows!

Find out what the difference is between a URL and a path, and learn how to create your own useful URLs.

Combine the two ways you've learned to create URLs. Stick around to the end for a handy tip!

Save some data! Some Foundation Data! When you've got an array of bytes, you can store them with a Data.

Convert back and forth from bytes, Data instances, and Strings. They're all easily interchangeable as long as your data bytes use the encoding you expect.

Practice your saving and loading, after converting from String to Data.

Quickly review what core concepts should feel solid by this point. We'll go over what they'll prepare you for, in the next section.

If the previous section was handy for you, this one probably will be as well! This video will let you know how we'll be building on what you learned there.

Learn what JSON is, and get comfortable decoding it for use in Swift. Then you'll be prepared for saving your own JSON, later!

Take your saving skills to an iOS app, where you'll investigate where your data will be saved and how your users can interact with it.

Create your own Codable type, suitable for use with JSON and Property Lists. How does the JSON representation differ from Swift?

Create a Codable array, and see if you can save and load it the same way you can with individual instances.

You're sure to build up complex hierarchies of structs, classes, and enums, in your coding journey. Codable's got you covered!

Let's get a taste of working with Property Lists before we dive into what they're made of, in the next video.

Learn what makes up a Property List. Employ your knowledge of JSON to be able to understand how the formats differ.

Examine the files you stored in the Property List challenge. Also, learn about a few encoding options and how they affect what you can save.

Review everything you've learned in this section, and find out where your data-saving journey might yet take you!