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

This blog post explains how to store an array of custom objects to disk using NSKeyedArchiver and read it back with NSKeyedUnarchiver:

http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/240775-saving-nsarray-of-custom-objects.html

Apple also has a very helpful guide on the matter, the Archives and Serializations Programming Guide.