Best way to deal with Static Data

[Dan_W]

I am unclear of the best practice for handling somewhat large static data in an application. My data files are a few MB in size and are .tab formatted. I’ve written a desktop version of my app that simply imports these files into a few Dictionaries and it works fine.

I am now creating an iOS version and am concerned about memory and storage. These files aren’t huge but I want to do it the right way.

I’ve played a bit with dragging files into the IDE but that seems to just create a reference to the external file so I’m not sure what that buys me. I’m also not sure how to reference files attached in this way.

Any advice? Thank you.

[Greg_O_Lone]

A SQLite database would probably work for you.

[Jose_Fernandez_del_Valle]

@Dan_W

I am unclear of the best practice for handling somewhat large static data in an application. My data files are a few MB in size and are .tab formatted. I’ve written a desktop version of my app that simply imports these files into a few Dictionaries and it works fine.

I am now creating an iOS version and am concerned about memory and storage. These files aren’t huge but I want to do it the right way.

I’ve played a bit with dragging files into the IDE but that seems to just create a reference to the external file so I’m not sure what that buys me. I’m also not sure how to reference files attached in this way.

Any advice? Thank you.

It is never good practice to use files. Especially if you are concerned about the security and continuity of the application.

I agree with Greg. It is better to use a database.

Use those that have a small footprint, but have enough security level to get this.

I recommend you:
Interbase ToGo
SQLite
Realm

If you don’t want a database, use this:
Core Data

[Dan_W]

SQLite it is. Thank you.