iOS 13 - Attempting to store >= 4194304 bytes of data in CFPreferences/NSUserDefaults on this platform is invalid

I'm trying to store a 2 separated Strings (73067 bytes) and (280628 bytes) to User Defaults, in older iOS versions just work fine, but in iOS 13, i can't save this data.



This is how i save the data:


UserDefaults.standard.set(myData1, forKey: KEY_MY_DATA_1)

UserDefaults.standard.synchronize()



UserDefaults.standard.set(myData2, forKey: KEY_MY_DATA_2)

UserDefaults.standard.synchronize()



Throws this error on iOS 13:


2019-08-19 15:34:24.616570+0200 myAppName[4108:240228] [User Defaults] CFPrefsPlistSource<0x6000037cc980> (Domain: com.domain.myAppName, User: kCFPreferencesCurrentUser, ByHost: No, Container: (null), Contents Need Refresh: Yes): Attempting to store >= 4194304 bytes of data in CFPreferences/NSUserDefaults on this platform is invalid. This is a bug in myAppName or a library it uses.

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Encountered after attempting only 1 MB on watchOS 7, which is very unexpected, considering the docs state the only size limit is on tvOS:

Currently, there is only a size limit for data stored to local user defaults on tvOS, which posts a warning notification when user defaults storage reaches 512kB in size, and terminates apps when user defaults storage reaches 1MB in size.  https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/userdefaults/1617187-sizelimitexceedednotification

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This does not seem to be data about the value being stored but rather the number of keys being stored where the total must not exceed its limit.

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Hi from 2023, problem still exist , iOS 17.1

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serghio
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