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Posted by Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
3,865 Points

iOS Development: Creating Login and Sign Ups (User Accounts)

Hi Guys,

I'm currently trying to do some research into the different ways in which developers can create user account functionality within our apps. So far I have identified three different ways:

  • Core Data
  • Saving to the Plists
  • Keychain? (not too sure)

I'm trying to way up the differences and also find out which method is the best.

I have a few questions to ask:

Which one is the quickest to implement?

Which one is the most secure?

Which one is easy to use?

2 Answers

Robert Bojor
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 Points

You can always try Parse as a back-end service for storing data and user accounts.

Saving/Reading a .plist file can sure be easier to implement but as soon as you have a lot of users it'll get slower.

The safest bet, in my opinion, is to use CodeData, which will work no matter what the network connectivity is, as opposed to Parse services.

Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
3,865 Points
Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber
3,865 Points

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the reply.

I wanted to avoid Core Data as its part of college project but I totally agree with what you are saying.

In the end I managed to find my answer here:

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/beginning-ios-development-data-persistence--mobile-4645

Thanks!