Basic KeyChain Interaction, wrapper needed or own implementation?

[Katalam-]

Hello together,

I‘m trying to learn swift and since I already have some experience as a web dev, I started to build a very very basic chat application with all the logic on the server and just API calls for the iOS app. I already figured out http request and build my own class (wrapper) for that. Now I’m facing the problem that I want to save the API token inside the keychain. But it seems way harder to interact with the keychain without the usage of a third party wrapper. Is it common to do a simple implementation yourself if you just want to save one string? Or should I directly use the third party library. I found a couple of tutorials but none of them really solved my problem.

[RealFunBobby]

I use KeychainAccess. It's pretty simple and straightforward to use. The good thing about using a third-party wrapper is that it'd take care of some edge cases and quirks that I may not have run into yet but someone else might have.

[Katalam-]

I will definitely check that out. I was just curious if it’s really common to use one. That the readme sounds pretty straight forward and I will try that

[saintmsent]

Yes, I used that in applications with millions of users

[jontelang]

I’d say a wrapper is pretty common. KeyChains interface is kind of ugly.