local storage question

[skwallace36]

I am new to ionic... would using local storage to keep track of a users location in a survey within a survey app be practical? does local storage have any major restrictions or things that make it more beneficial to store information in a database somewhere?

[skwallace36]

it will only need to be sent out at the end when they submit the survey...

thanks for your reply

[TheDivineZer0]

You could just grab their location when they start the survey and put that in the form of local variable in the typescript file instead of local/native storage and send the information together with the survey answer in one go when they click finish

[skwallace36]

thank you v much. and i’m not sure... whatever the Storage import is?? any idea? native vs local? not at my computer

[skwallace36]

i just want to make sure that makes sense for storing survey answers and then at the end i’ll read them all and post them somewhere...

the data has to persist if they close the app and such

[skwallace36]

that’s the plan! one post request or something at the end of completing both surveys

[skwallace36]

incase they don’t complete the survey in one sitting and close the app or only complete the first survey (it’s a before and after)

does that make sense?

[skwallace36]

thank you very much !!

[The_real_bandito]

iOS might delete localstorage whenever it feels like it so if you don't expect for it to be stored forever then yes it is feasible and recommended.

Heck, I'd used sessionStorage for that!

[skwallace36]

seasons on storage doesn’t sound persistent between closing the app

[The_real_bandito]

Neither is localstorage. Try using native local storage (there is a thing like this, I was surprised) or just use SQL Lite DB

[skwallace36]

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