Storage Implementation
Learn to implement local storage in the app using GetStorage, a lightweight, synchronous storage solution.
Introduction to GetStorage
GetStorage is GetX’s take on local storage. It is fast, light, and synchronous. Above all, it’s available on every platform, including the web. This makes it an excellent alternative to SharedPreferences, which is an asynchronous, key-value-based storage solution. However, it lacks dedicated database features like query and cannot replace a local database like Hive. Keeping that in mind, let’s understand its syntax and features.
Initialization
First, we need to initialize the storage bucket.
main() async {await GetStorage.init();runApp(App());}
main is the right place to initialize because we want our local storage up and running before the app is launched.
Next, create an instance of the GetStorage class to access the bucket.
final GetStorage box = GetStorage();
We can also initialize and access multiple storage buckets by passing a unique name in the GetStorage instance as follows:
await GetStorage.init('users');final GetStorage usersBox = GetStorage('users');
Write data
Once we have the bucket in place, the next step is to write into it. We can insert key-value pairs into the storage using the write method.
box.write('key', 'value');
We can conditionally ...