Surprisingly, I couldn’t find information about a fairly basic detail: how do you save a “stored” variable? Also, where is the ‘When [variable] initializes or changes’ block shown in the link below – edit: I found it but it only works for cloud variables, not stored variables. https://docs.thunkabl…

Are you trying to initialise a stored variable @tatiang ?

@domhnallohanlon No, I’m trying to figure out how stored variables get saved to the device. I’d like to save a value that I can retrieve after closing the app and re-opening it. Would I have to use a cloud variable for that? If not, what is the difference between an app variable and a stored variabl…

Alright, I think I made a mistake. It’s working now. I had assumed that stored variables just save and load automatically and persist after an app is closed. That seems to be the case. What I really need is a variable that is saved to the device but can be managed through code. So that I can determ…

Could you create an entry like this in the local storage when you actually set the variable in the app? Set stored var-> ‘yourvariablename’ Local storage ______key → save date ______value-> seconds since 1970 or month/day/hour/minute/second

Yes. I just had read in the documentation that “stored” variables were a replacement for local storage so I was thinking they worked similarly. They don’t. Thanks for your help!

If stored variable can replace the local storage. And I read the docs mentioned can be saved in any data type. How do I save a todo-list under a stored variable? I mean in the initialise part. Thank you.

If you want to save a bunch of text strings, you can insert the text strings in a list variable and then set the stored variable to that list variable.

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jared January 4, 2020, 6:53pm 4

When I use ‘stored’ variables, these stay constant across app sessions, even after closing the app. The ‘app’ variable is a temporary variable that should reset each time you close the app.

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