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Asked: 2026-05-23T03:28:55+00:00

Newbie here :-) Can anyone help me with a suggestion for the best time

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Newbie here 🙂
Can anyone help me with a suggestion for the best time to write data in a UITableView/NSArray data source to a plist file?

I’m thinking of the TableView’s life cycle. In a small list based, single view app, which would be the best view event to make a safe copy of the data in the NSArray?

I’m thinking the about the view’s dealloc method, or the viewDidUnload method.

Am I way off??

Also, if this app had multiple views, using a tab controller or nav controller, should I handle it in the same way (each view for its self) ?

-Nick

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  1. Editorial Team

    viewDidUnload is the right answer in all cases – do not do anything model related in dealloc.

    If your view never unloads – you will have to adopt another method – either a timer or another event in your app – say save it every time a cell is edited.

    As the iPhone uses a Flash disk, writing to files is quick.

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