Phonegap iOS 5.1 and Localstorage

Phonegap iOS 5.1 and localStorage

There was a large thread in the phonegap group that talked about this problem. Basically its because they now treat localStorage as a temp item which can be deleted at any point. Never fear there are very smart people at work!

here's the thread - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/phonegap/RJC2qA9sDnw

here's the code - http://pastebin.com/5881768B

Localstorage cleared after restarting the application on phonegap IOS?

Starting from IOS 5.1 Apple decided to make local storage a temp area. If you need persistent storage on iOS 5.1, use PhoneGap's File API. Here are a couple links to learn about the issue.

http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/phonegapbuild_localstorage_on_ios_5_1

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.6.0/cordova_storage_storage.md.html#Storage

Apple discurages you from using local storage as well.
iOS PhoneGap app rejected because of the use of localStorage

localStorage cleared on app restart with Cordova 1.7 and iOS 5.1.1

Try using 1.7 - I had a similar issue and once I upgraded to 1.7 everything worked like it used to.

Try using localStorage vs window.localStorage syntax.

Also set what ever you're trying to call as a global variable...

var globalVar;

function onDeviceReady(){
  globalVar = localStorage.getItem('something');
}

Phonegap (1.4.1) Storage not working anymore with iOS 5.1

There has been a Jira issue created on this: localStorage / SQLDatabase Error after App update

LocalStorage not persistent with Phonegap

are you calling somewhere window.localStorage.clear();?

LocalStorage in app being cleared on reboot in iOS8

I'm trying to find a solution too for this. It looks like localstorage is considered "unreliable" since iOS5.1. See: Phonegap iOS 5.1 and localStorage

unfortunately websql is going to be depricated, and indexdb is currently not supported in cordova (due to the fact that they use uiwebview and not wkwebview-- the new ios8 browser control that supports indexdb).

So I'm still scratching my head on this as well.

EDIT: I've been using "cordova-plugin-file" api to save/retrieve json as localstorage isn't completely reliable on ios cordova.

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