Saving app state in jQuery mobile

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I have done a bit of research on how to do this but can't find any.I have an app that has a Home page.On this homepage, there is a Register button.I want to implement a system where if the user clicks on this and registers, the app never starts with the Register button displayed again,but rather, a view Profile button.How do i implement such a system? My guess is to store some boolean value in localstorage, and check this value when the app starts?

Update: I just thought i'd add that my jquery mobile app communicates with a Google App Engine (Python) web service which already uses Google's User's Service

Yes, it sounds like a good idea – Maurice Perry May 20 '14 at 06:00 — Maurice Perry, May 20 '14 at 06:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '14 at 06:05

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I believe you are looking for Local Storage Jquery Mobile.

You have to store data when user click on Register button, and every time when app will open it checks is there is any data in Local Storage. Then you can use your logic.

You can also use HTML5 Local Storage with Jquery Mobile. But some device browser dose not support Local storage if you want to check this you should go for Modernizer.

This is simple code of checking local storage using modernizer:

if (Modernizr.localstorage) {
    // Supported
}
else {
    // Not Supported
}

answered May 20 '14 at 06:05

Manwal

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So what happens when the device browser doesn't support Local Storage? – Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu May 20 '14 at 06:14
Then you have to save data to server site. – Manwal May 20 '14 at 06:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

If you only store a boolean after the user is logged-in, yes you know that a user is logged in but you don't know which one.

Te best approach is to store the user's token which you will send as a parameter in all requests so that you can validate them.

When entering the website if there is a token you must validate it by querying the server. If it's not valid then you show the register/login page. If the token is valid you could login the user automatically.

Whatever plugin you decide to use be sure to check that if it is a localStorage plugin it also has fallback for cookies. (Maybe some clients will have browsers that don't support localStorage)

On this page there are 3 functions that I personally use when I need access to cookies.

Here you have some details about token authentication.

I would advise you to store the token using cookies.

This answer describes one of the best ways of managing user sessions based on tokens.

Saving app state in jQuery mobile

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