sessionStorage over localStorage in PhoneGap

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Rohan Patil picture Rohan Patil · Sep 7, 2013 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

I am currently developing a PhoneGap application and am using sessionStorage rather than localStorage because we are facing some problems with localStorage.

Are there any downsides to using sessionStorage over localStorage?

Answer

Vlad Spreys picture Vlad Spreys · Dec 18, 2013

sessionStorage gets erased every time you close the application. Other than that there is no difference.

Here is the usage example:

var keyName = window.sessionStorage.key(0); //Get key name
window.sessionStorage.setItem("key", "value"); //Set item
var value = window.sessionStorage.getItem("key");// Get item
window.sessionStorage.removeItem("key"); //Remove Item 
window.sessionStorage.clear();//Clear storage

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