The following code should help you resolve your problem:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var food: [String] {
get {
if let returnValue = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey("food") as? [String] {
return returnValue
} else {
return ["muesli", "banana"] //Default value
}
}
set {
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(newValue, forKey: "food")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()
}
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
print(food) // prints: ["muesli", "banana"] (at first launch)
food = ["cake"]
print(food) // prints: ["cake"]
food += ["spaghetti"]
print(food) // prints: ["cake", "spaghetti"]
food = []
print(food) // prints: []
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(nil, forKey: "food")
print(food) // prints: ["muesli", "banana"]
}
}
However, with the previous code, if you set food = []
, you will have a problem as food
won’t return ["muesli", "banana"]
. In order to avoid this, you may prefer the following code:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var food: [String] {
get {
if let returnValue = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey("food") as? [String] {
return returnValue == [] ? ["muesli", "banana"] : returnValue
} else {
return ["muesli", "banana"] //Default value
}
}
set {
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(newValue, forKey: "food")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()
}
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
print(food) // prints: ["muesli", "banana"] (at first launch)
food = ["cake"]
print(food) // prints: ["cake"]
food += ["spaghetti"]
print(food) // prints: ["cake", "spaghetti"]
food = []
print(food) // prints: ["muesli", "banana"]
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(nil, forKey: "food")
print(food) // prints: ["muesli", "banana"]
}
}