L-apps f'React Native ħafna drabi jkollhom bżonn li jḥaffnu d-data lokalment — preferenzi tal-utent, data ikkashat, auth tokens, kontenut offline. L-għażliet jinkludu AsyncStorage (key-value), MMKV (veloċe), SQLite, u secure storage għal data sensittiva. L-għażla tal-waħda s-sħiħa hija importanti.
Għażliet ta' local storage
ASYNCSTORAGE → simple async KEY-VALUE storage (the common basic option):
→ store strings (serialize objects to JSON); for settings, small data, simple caching
→ async API; persists across app launches
MMKV → a very FAST key-value storage (by WeChat) — faster than AsyncStorage, synchronous;
popular modern choice for performance
SQLITE (e.g. expo-sqlite, react-native-sqlite, WatermelonDB) → relational DATABASE for
STRUCTURED/large data, queries, relationships, offline-first apps
SECURE STORAGE → expo-secure-store / react-native-keychain for SENSITIVE data (tokens,
credentials) — ENCRYPTED (keychain/keystore)
