Store data separately for each instance of a widget

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Created May ’21

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Is there any way for a widget to store data in a way that is separate from other instances of the same widget? If I save data to UserDefaults.standard, other widgets have access to the same data.

I could force the user to configure the app manually, but I would rather prefer to give the widget a set of default parameters when it is added, based on the state of the parent app. These parameters must be saved somewhere, possibly in UserDefaults using a key unique to the widget instance.

There seems to be an ID which is part of the WidgetInfo structure, but I can't find out how to read this.

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jhoannarango OP

May ’21

When saving to user defaults, you can set different values by using different keys. For example.

UserDefaults.current.set(value: true, forKey:”myKey”)

And you use said key to retrieve the value. Using different keys for different values will give you the results you are looking for.

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