iOS - How to save password permanently?

Question

I have the following code:

NSData *secret = [pssword dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    query =@{
             (__bridge id)kSecClass:(__bridge id) kSecClassGenericPassword,
             (__bridge id)kSecAttrService:@"My App",
             (__bridge id)kSecAttrAccount:usrid,
             (__bridge id)kSecValueData:secret
             };

    OSStatus status = SecItemAdd((__bridge CFDictionaryRef) query, NULL);

    if(status != errSecSuccess)
    {
         NSLog(@"Unable add item with key =%@ error:%ld",secret,status);
    }

It seem that the password and userid, is only saved for the session. Every time I refresh the simulator or re-launch the application the password and userid disappear / gone for good.

How do I save them to the keychain DB permanently please?

Thank you

Check this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/6972305/2053537 — Ty Lertwichaiworawit, Aug 28 '14 at 19:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '14 at 20:52

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You can use NSUserDefaults to do that simply
To Save data use when you have the password (for example if the password is NSString)

     NSString*userIDString=@"myPassordStringXXX";
     [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:userIDString forKey:@"passwordKey"];
     [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

To retrive the data you can use

NSString*passwordString=[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"passwordKey"]

answered Aug 28 '14 at 20:52

Adel

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@georgeOfTheJungle is it works for you ? is that what you want ? – Adel Sep 02 '14 at 16:00
@georgeOfTheJungle Great News :) , glad to hear that – Adel Sep 03 '14 at 10:08

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