KeychainItemWrapper ARCified. Added the ability to manage a dictionary in place of just a string - the #define PASSWORD_USES_DATA in the .m file switches the mode.

KeychainItemWrapper.h

/*
     File: KeychainItemWrapper.h
 Abstract: 
 Objective-C wrapper for accessing a single keychain item.
 
  Version: 1.2 - ARCified
 
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 MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
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 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE APPLE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE AND
 OPERATION ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR PRODUCTS.
 
 IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL
 OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE, REPRODUCTION,
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 AND WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
 STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APPLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
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*/

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

/*
    The KeychainItemWrapper class is an abstraction layer for the iPhone Keychain communication. It is merely a 
    simple wrapper to provide a distinct barrier between all the idiosyncracies involved with the Keychain
    CF/NS container objects.
*/
@interface KeychainItemWrapper : NSObject

// Designated initializer.
- (id)initWithIdentifier: (NSString *)identifier accessGroup:(NSString *)accessGroup;
- (void)setObject:(id)inObject forKey:(id)key;
- (id)objectForKey:(id)key;

// Initializes and resets the default generic keychain item data.
- (void)resetKeychainItem;

@end

KeychainItemWrapper.m

/*
     File: KeychainItemWrapper.m 
 Abstract: 
 Objective-C wrapper for accessing a single keychain item.
  
  Version: 1.2 - ARCified
  
 Disclaimer: IMPORTANT:  This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple 
 Inc. ("Apple") in consideration of your agreement to the following 
 terms, and your use, installation, modification or redistribution of 
 this Apple software constitutes acceptance of these terms.  If you do 
 not agree with these terms, please do not use, install, modify or 
 redistribute this Apple software. 
  
 In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following terms, and 
 subject to these terms, Apple grants you a personal, non-exclusive 
 license, under Apple's copyrights in this original Apple software (the 
 "Apple Software"), to use, reproduce, modify and redistribute the Apple 
 Software, with or without modifications, in source and/or binary forms; 
 provided that if you redistribute the Apple Software in its entirety and 
 without modifications, you must retain this notice and the following 
 text and disclaimers in all such redistributions of the Apple Software. 
 Neither the name, trademarks, service marks or logos of Apple Inc. may 
 be used to endorse or promote products derived from the Apple Software 
 without specific prior written permission from Apple.  Except as 
 expressly stated in this notice, no other rights or licenses, express or 
 implied, are granted by Apple herein, including but not limited to any 
 patent rights that may be infringed by your derivative works or by other 
 works in which the Apple Software may be incorporated. 
  
 The Apple Software is provided by Apple on an "AS IS" basis.  APPLE 
 MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION 
 THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 
 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE APPLE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE AND 
 OPERATION ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR PRODUCTS. 
  
 IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL 
 OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
 INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE, REPRODUCTION, 
 MODIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED 
 AND WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), 
 STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APPLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE 
 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 
  
 Copyright (C) 2010 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved. 
  
*/ 

#define PASSWORD_USES_DATA

#import "KeychainItemWrapper.h"
#import <Security/Security.h>

/*

These are the default constants and their respective types,
available for the kSecClassGenericPassword Keychain Item class:

kSecAttrAccessGroup			-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrCreationDate		-		CFDateRef
kSecAttrModificationDate    -		CFDateRef
kSecAttrDescription			-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrComment				-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrCreator				-		CFNumberRef
kSecAttrType                -		CFNumberRef
kSecAttrLabel				-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrIsInvisible			-		CFBooleanRef
kSecAttrIsNegative			-		CFBooleanRef
kSecAttrAccount				-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrService				-		CFStringRef
kSecAttrGeneric				-		CFDataRef
 
See the header file Security/SecItem.h for more details.

*/

@interface KeychainItemWrapper (PrivateMethods)
/*
The decision behind the following two methods (secItemFormatToDictionary and dictionaryToSecItemFormat) was
to encapsulate the transition between what the detail view controller was expecting (NSString *) and what the
Keychain API expects as a validly constructed container class.
*/
- (NSMutableDictionary *)secItemFormatToDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionaryToConvert;
- (NSMutableDictionary *)dictionaryToSecItemFormat:(NSDictionary *)dictionaryToConvert;

// Updates the item in the keychain, or adds it if it doesn't exist.
- (void)writeToKeychain;

@end

@implementation KeychainItemWrapper
{
    NSMutableDictionary *keychainItemData;		// The actual keychain item data backing store.
    NSMutableDictionary *genericPasswordQuery;	// A placeholder for the generic keychain item query used to locate the item.
}

- (id)initWithIdentifier: (NSString *)identifier accessGroup:(NSString *) accessGroup;
{
    if (self = [super init])
    {
        // Begin Keychain search setup. The genericPasswordQuery leverages the special user
        // defined attribute kSecAttrGeneric to distinguish itself between other generic Keychain
        // items which may be included by the same application.
        genericPasswordQuery = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
        
		[genericPasswordQuery setObject:(__bridge id)kSecClassGenericPassword forKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass];
        [genericPasswordQuery setObject:identifier forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrGeneric];
		
		// The keychain access group attribute determines if this item can be shared
		// amongst multiple apps whose code signing entitlements contain the same keychain access group.
		if (accessGroup != nil)
		{
#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
			// Ignore the access group if running on the iPhone simulator.
			// 
			// Apps that are built for the simulator aren't signed, so there's no keychain access group
			// for the simulator to check. This means that all apps can see all keychain items when run
			// on the simulator.
			//
			// If a SecItem contains an access group attribute, SecItemAdd and SecItemUpdate on the
			// simulator will return -25243 (errSecNoAccessForItem).
#else			
			[genericPasswordQuery setObject:accessGroup forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessGroup];
#endif
		}
		
		// Use the proper search constants, return only the attributes of the first match.
        [genericPasswordQuery setObject:(__bridge id)kSecMatchLimitOne forKey:(__bridge id)kSecMatchLimit];
        [genericPasswordQuery setObject:(__bridge id)kCFBooleanTrue forKey:(__bridge id)kSecReturnAttributes];
        
        NSDictionary *tempQuery = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:genericPasswordQuery];
        
        CFMutableDictionaryRef outDictionary = NULL;
        
        if (!SecItemCopyMatching((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)tempQuery, (CFTypeRef *)&outDictionary) == noErr)
        {
            // Stick these default values into keychain item if nothing found.
            [self resetKeychainItem];
			
			// Add the generic attribute and the keychain access group.
			[keychainItemData setObject:identifier forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrGeneric];
			if (accessGroup != nil)
			{
#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
				// Ignore the access group if running on the iPhone simulator.
				// 
				// Apps that are built for the simulator aren't signed, so there's no keychain access group
				// for the simulator to check. This means that all apps can see all keychain items when run
				// on the simulator.
				//
				// If a SecItem contains an access group attribute, SecItemAdd and SecItemUpdate on the
				// simulator will return -25243 (errSecNoAccessForItem).
#else			
				[keychainItemData setObject:accessGroup forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessGroup];
#endif
			}
		}
        else
        {
            // load the saved data from Keychain.
            keychainItemData = [self secItemFormatToDictionary:(__bridge NSDictionary *)outDictionary];
        }
		if(outDictionary) CFRelease(outDictionary);
    }
    
	return self;
}

- (void)setObject:(id)inObject forKey:(id)key 
{
    if (inObject == nil) return;
    id currentObject = [keychainItemData objectForKey:key];
    if (![currentObject isEqual:inObject])
    {
        [keychainItemData setObject:inObject forKey:key];
        [self writeToKeychain];
    }
}

- (id)objectForKey:(id)key
{
    return [keychainItemData objectForKey:key];
}

- (void)resetKeychainItem
{
    if (!keychainItemData) 
    {
        keychainItemData = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
    }
    else if (keychainItemData)
    {
        NSMutableDictionary *tempDictionary = [self dictionaryToSecItemFormat:keychainItemData];
#ifndef NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS
		OSStatus junk = 
#endif
			SecItemDelete((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)tempDictionary);
        NSAssert( junk == noErr || junk == errSecItemNotFound, @"Problem deleting current dictionary." );
    }
    
    // Default attributes for keychain item.
    [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccount];
    [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrLabel];
    [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrDescription];
    
	// Default data for keychain item.
#ifndef PASSWORD_USES_DATA
    [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
#else
    [keychainItemData setObject:[NSData data] forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
#endif
}

- (NSMutableDictionary *)dictionaryToSecItemFormat:(NSDictionary *)dictionaryToConvert
{
    // The assumption is that this method will be called with a properly populated dictionary
    // containing all the right key/value pairs for a SecItem.
    
    // Create a dictionary to return populated with the attributes and data.
    NSMutableDictionary *returnDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:dictionaryToConvert];
    
    // Add the Generic Password keychain item class attribute.
    [returnDictionary setObject:(__bridge id)kSecClassGenericPassword forKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass];
    
    // Convert the NSString to NSData to meet the requirements for the value type kSecValueData.
	// This is where to store sensitive data that should be encrypted.
#ifndef PASSWORD_USES_DATA
	// orig
    NSString *passwordString = [dictionaryToConvert objectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
    [returnDictionary setObject:[passwordString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
#else
	// DFH
    id val = [dictionaryToConvert objectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
	if([val isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
		val = [(NSString *)val dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
	}
    [returnDictionary setObject:val forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
#endif

    
    return returnDictionary;
}

- (NSMutableDictionary *)secItemFormatToDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionaryToConvert
{
    // The assumption is that this method will be called with a properly populated dictionary
    // containing all the right key/value pairs for the UI element.
    
    // Create a dictionary to return populated with the attributes and data.
    NSMutableDictionary *returnDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:dictionaryToConvert];
    
    // Add the proper search key and class attribute.
    [returnDictionary setObject:(__bridge id)kCFBooleanTrue forKey:(__bridge id)kSecReturnData];
    [returnDictionary setObject:(__bridge id)kSecClassGenericPassword forKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass];
    
    // Acquire the password data from the attributes.
    CFDataRef passwordData = NULL;
    if (SecItemCopyMatching((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)returnDictionary, (CFTypeRef *)&passwordData) == noErr)
    {
        // Remove the search, class, and identifier key/value, we don't need them anymore.
        [returnDictionary removeObjectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecReturnData];

#ifndef PASSWORD_USES_DATA
        // Add the password to the dictionary, converting from NSData to NSString.
        NSString *password = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[(__bridge NSData *)passwordData bytes] length:[(__bridge NSData *)passwordData length] 
                                                     encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
#else
		NSData *password = (__bridge_transfer NSData *)passwordData;
		passwordData = NULL;
#endif
        [returnDictionary setObject:password forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
    }
    else
    {
        // Don't do anything if nothing is found.
        NSAssert(NO, @"Serious error, no matching item found in the keychain.\n");
    }
	if(passwordData) CFRelease(passwordData);

	return returnDictionary;
}

- (void)writeToKeychain
{
    CFDictionaryRef attributes = NULL;
    NSMutableDictionary *updateItem = nil;
	OSStatus result;
    
    if (SecItemCopyMatching((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)genericPasswordQuery, (CFTypeRef *)&attributes) == noErr)
    {
        // First we need the attributes from the Keychain.
        updateItem = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:(__bridge NSDictionary *)attributes];
        // Second we need to add the appropriate search key/values.
        [updateItem setObject:[genericPasswordQuery objectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass] forKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass];
        
        // Lastly, we need to set up the updated attribute list being careful to remove the class.
        NSMutableDictionary *tempCheck = [self dictionaryToSecItemFormat:keychainItemData];
        [tempCheck removeObjectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecClass];
		
#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
		// Remove the access group if running on the iPhone simulator.
		// 
		// Apps that are built for the simulator aren't signed, so there's no keychain access group
		// for the simulator to check. This means that all apps can see all keychain items when run
		// on the simulator.
		//
		// If a SecItem contains an access group attribute, SecItemAdd and SecItemUpdate on the
		// simulator will return -25243 (errSecNoAccessForItem).
		//
		// The access group attribute will be included in items returned by SecItemCopyMatching,
		// which is why we need to remove it before updating the item.
		[tempCheck removeObjectForKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccessGroup];
#endif
        
        // An implicit assumption is that you can only update a single item at a time.
#ifndef NDEBUG		
        result = 
#endif
			SecItemUpdate((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)updateItem, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef)tempCheck);

		NSAssert( result == noErr, @"Couldn't update the Keychain Item." );
    }
    else
    {
        // No previous item found; add the new one.
        result = SecItemAdd((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)[self dictionaryToSecItemFormat:keychainItemData], NULL);
		NSAssert( result == noErr, @"Couldn't add the Keychain Item." );
    }
	
	if(attributes) CFRelease(attributes);
}

@end

fyi - a reworked version https://gist.github.com/kristopherjohnson/5212625

That error I was getting is related to 34018 / entitlements missing. By turning on keychain sharing it does work.
Someone else has a solution by code in this ticket. I wasn't able to merge logic into this though.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29740952/osstatus-error-code-34018

I'm getting the *** Assertion failure in -[KeychainItemWrapper resetKeychainItem] error in Xcode 8.0.
Here is the code in my App:

• (void)resetKeychainItem
  {
  OSStatus junk = noErr;
  if (!keychainItemData)
  {
  self.keychainItemData = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
  }
  else if (keychainItemData)
  {
  NSMutableDictionary *tempDictionary = [self dictionaryToSecItemFormat:keychainItemData];
  junk = SecItemDelete((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)tempDictionary);
  NSAssert( junk == noErr || junk == errSecItemNotFound, @"Problem deleting current dictionary." );
  }

  // Default attributes for keychain item.
  [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrAccount];
  [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrLabel];
  [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecAttrDescription];

  // Default data for keychain item.
  [keychainItemData setObject:@"" forKey:(__bridge id)kSecValueData];
  }

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi David. I realize that this is a copy of 5 year old code & in Objective-C. Still, it took me quite a while to understand how to use it with iCloud syncing. Finding and saving where not effective at all. Are you interested in adding or having comments added showing how to do this? If so, please describe how to make changes to your gist.

Thank you so much for posting this.... I wasn't quite ready for the jump to Swift.

David

Curse these wretched chains for
Scared and afraid are the hounds of hell
When they hear that clank and that rusty bel.
^
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This is what working with KeyChain does to people, they start writing out of frustration.

⚠️ I don't recommend using this script.
You probably ended up here by googling something like "ios keychain wrapper". Use this and chances are you'll have troubles accessing keychain in some situations with xcode 8. I think it's better to use one of the cocoapod libs available out there. At least, some of them have tests 🎉.

Have a look here, many solutions for both swift and objective-c are waiting for you:
https://github.com/vsouza/awesome-ios#keychain

Remarkable that, in the 7 years since Apple published this, it seems no one has picked up the big in line 136. It's pure luck that this code works at all.

Hello,
I am getting crash for iOS 11.4.1.
Line: NSAssert(NO, @"Serious error, no matching item found in the keychain.\n");
Crash Report:
CoreFoundation 0x0000000184806d8c __exceptionPreprocess + 224
libobjc.A.dylib 0x00000001839c05ec objc_exception_throw + 52
CoreFoundation 0x0000000184806bf8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 100
Foundation 0x00000001851f6fa0 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 108
CheckPoint 0x0000000100b468d8 -[KeychainItemWrapper secItemFormatToDictionary:] (KeychainItemWrapper.m:278)
CheckPoint 0x0000000100b45d34 -[KeychainItemWrapper initWithIdentifier:accessGroup:] (KeychainItemWrapper.m:163)

Crash Exception thrown : “NSInternalInconsistencyException: Serious error, no matching item found in the keychain. “

Hello,
I am getting crash for iOS 11.4.1.
Line: NSAssert(NO, @"Serious error, no matching item found in the keychain.\n");
Crash Report:
CoreFoundation 0x0000000184806d8c __exceptionPreprocess + 224
libobjc.A.dylib 0x00000001839c05ec objc_exception_throw + 52
CoreFoundation 0x0000000184806bf8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 100
Foundation 0x00000001851f6fa0 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 108
CheckPoint 0x0000000100b468d8 -[KeychainItemWrapper secItemFormatToDictionary:] (KeychainItemWrapper.m:278)
CheckPoint 0x0000000100b45d34 -[KeychainItemWrapper initWithIdentifier:accessGroup:] (KeychainItemWrapper.m:163)

Crash Exception thrown : “NSInternalInconsistencyException: Serious error, no matching item found in the keychain. “

Any Update about crash?

Hello,
I have found solution for above crash
Setting kSecAttrAccessible such as kSecAttrAccessibleAfterFirstUnlock to the query will allow the keychain to be accessible when the device is locked.

What do you think about fixing this issue? Should we add kSecAttrAccessible property to the query to allow to copy keychain data when the device is locked?

A workaround is to start the listener when the app starts and keeps the listener running when the app is in background.

Thanks,
Sandip Pawar

I'm SAM new iOS Developer, Anybody can show me how to use KeychainItemWrapper.h and KeychainItemWrapper.m put to xCode project because i'm use WKWebview for user login and after user exit my app and reopen need user login again and again. Please show me example coding

Can someone look into this crash happening on release build .

Link

I am using nil access group if this is a reason How can I reproduce it ?