Delete keychain items when an app is uninstalled

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You can take advantage of the fact that NSUserDefaults are cleared by uninstallation of an app. For example:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    //Clear keychain on first run in case of reinstallation
    if (![[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"FirstRun"]) {
        // Delete values from keychain here
        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setValue:@"1strun" forKey:@"FirstRun"];
        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
    }

    //...Other stuff that usually happens in didFinishLaunching
}

This checks for and sets a “FirstRun” key/value in NSUserDefaults on the first run of your app if it’s not already set. There’s a comment where you should put code to delete values from the keychain. Synchronize can be called to make sure the “FirstRun” key/value is immediately persisted in case the user kills the app manually before the system persists it.

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