Is application storage reliable?

Former Member over 7 years ago

Hello.

I want to know if Application.Storage is reliable to use. I saw some people reporting problems at the forum.

My use case is to cache some web-data. Currently I'm using just properties with same several names (for different props) and adding a number as a suffix. This works because the data is simple and small, but I would prefer to use an array of dictionaries.

So, what do you say?

markdotai over 7 years ago

It has seemed reliable to me so far for a watchface - apart from in one very rare case: saving data to storage from onStop() appears to sometimes not work when switching between watchfaces from the system menu. I've never noticed any problems apart from that one.

jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

In general, a property has has associated setting and is something the user can change with app settings.

Storage/the ObectStore is for things only used/modified by the app. Storage allows a much larger possibility for storage, while using properties and increase memory used when a user changes settings while an app is running.

Former Member over 7 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes, that is something I understand. I know that for my use case (cache server response) it makes more sense to use Storage, but I wanted to be sure that it is reliable.

Thanks for your responses.

jim_m_58 over 7 years ago in reply to Former Member

I've had an occasional hick-up with both Properties and Storage, but I find both reliable.

Former Member over 7 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks