Correct way to save/serialize custom objects in iOS

Question

I have a custom object, a UIImageView subclass which has a few gestureRecognizer objects.

If I have a number of these objects stored in a

Answer 1

//store the array
[NSKeyedArchiver archiveRootObject:myArray toFile:@"someFile"];

//load the array
NSMutableArray* myArray = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile:@"someFile"];

Official References.

Note that when the array contains custom object types, you must ensure your type conforms to the NSCoding Protocol before this will work.