Swift NSUserDefaults not saving Dictionary?

I have the following test code:

func testSaveDictionary() {
let userDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
var jo = [
"a" : "1.0",
"b" : "2.0"
]

let akey = "aKey"
userDefaults.setObject(jo, forKey: akey)
var isOk = userDefaults.synchronize()

var data0 = userDefaults.dictionaryForKey(akey)
println(data0)

}

The output of println(data0) is nil.

Anything wrong with my code? Is Swift Dictionary considered property list now or in the final release?

Update for **Swift 2, Xcode 7:** As @atxe noticed, NSUserDefaults dictionaries are now mapped as `[String, AnyObject]`. This is a
consequence of the Objective-C "lightweight generics" which allow
to declare the Objective-C method as

- (NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)dictionaryForKey:(NSString *)defaultName

(Default objects must be property lists and in particular the dictionary
keys can only be strings.)

On the other hand, a Swift dictionary is bridged automatically if possible, so the original code from the question works (again):

let jo = [
"a" : "1.0",
"b" : "2.0"
]

let akey = "aKey"
// Swift 2:
userDefaults.setObject(jo, forKey: akey)
// Swift 3:
userDefaults.set(jo, forKey: akey)

----------

Original answer for **Swift 1.2:**
The user defaults can store `NSDictionary` objects. These are mapped to Swift
as `[NSObject : AnyObject]`:

var jo : [NSObject : AnyObject] = [
"a" : "1.0",
"b" : "2.0"
]
userDefaults.setObject(jo, forKey: akey)
var isOk = userDefaults.synchronize()

And note that `dictionaryForKey()` returns an optional, so you should check it
for example with an optional assignment:

if let data0 = userDefaults.dictionaryForKey(akey) {
print(data0)
} else {
print("not set")
}

// Output: [b: 2.0, a: 1.0]

**Follow this beautiful code below** -> Swift 3

public func setDict(dict: NSDictionary) {
let data = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: dict)
let userDefaults = UserDefaults.standard
userDefaults.set(data, forKey:"keyHere")
}


public func getDict() -> NSDictionary {
let data = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "keyHere") as! NSData
let object = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: data as Data) as! NSDictionary
return object;
}

**//swift 4.0**

//for saving



let userDefaults = UserDefaults.standard
userDefaults.setValue(value, forKey: "Your_Key")
userDefaults.synchronize()


//for for retrieve

let loadedCart = UserDefaults.standard.dictionary(forKey: "Your_Key")

I faced with this problem yesterday and filed a radar: [Cannot store Dictionary in NSUserDefaults in iOS8][1]. This issue is related only to iOS 8. Also I described a workaround for this case: [Workaround for saving dictionary in NSUserDefaults][2]. Works like a charm.


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/// Save
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(NSKeyedArchiver.archivedDataWithRootObject(object), forKey: key)

/// Read
var data = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey(key) as NSData
var object = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithData(data) as [String: String]

You need to convert it into `NSData` first. Something like this:

var data = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedDataWithRootObject(jo)
var userDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
userDefaults.setObject(data, forKey:akey)