I want to create "UrlPaths.plist" file in my Application and also a dictionary with 4 or 5 objects. Please help me create a plist file and dictionary. And also read data from that plist file.
I want the plist to add the file to resources folder and i want to add Dictionary at that time also.i dont want pragmatical creation of plist but i want reading the data is pragmatically.
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"plist.plist"];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSMutableDictionary *data;
if ([fileManager fileExistsAtPath: path]) {
data = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
}
else {
// If the file doesn’t exist, create an empty dictionary
data = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
}
//To insert the data into the plist
data[@"value"] = @(5);
[data writeToFile: path atomically:YES];
[data release];
//To retrieve the data from the plist
NSMutableDictionary *savedStock = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
int value1;
value1 = [savedStock[@"value"] intValue];
NSLog(@"%i",value1);
[savedStock release];
If you are about to create Plist without programmatically then follow these steps :
1. Right Click on Files in Left Pane and Select 'New File...' option.
2. Choose Resources from OS X tab.
3. An option for Property List is available.
4. Select an give an appropriate name.
This gets added to your project.
We can get simple understanding about plist as below
Now you can read this data as below
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Priority" ofType:@"plist"];
NSDictionary *dictPri = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:path];//mm
NSMutableArray *arrMarkets=[[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:[dictPri valueForKey:@"List"]];
NSMutableArray *arrForTable=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSMutableArray *arrForTable1=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSDictionary *dict in arrMarkets)
{
NSString *strS1=nil;
strS1= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dict valueForKey:@"Description"] ];
[arrForTable addObject:strS1];
}
NSLog(@"%@----------------- ",[arrForTable description]);
for (NSDictionary *dict in arrMarkets)
{
NSString *strS2=nil;
strS2= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dict valueForKey:@"Name"] ];
[arrForTable1 addObject:strS2];
}
NSLog(@"%@----------------- ",[arrForTable1 description]);
create new plist file -
NSArray *Arr = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:obj1,obj2,nil];
NSData *data = [NSPropertyListSerialization dataFromPropertyList:Arr format:NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0 errorDescription:nil];
[data writeToFile:PlistDataFilePath atomically:YES];
Read data from this plist file -
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:PlistDataFilePath];
NSPropertyListFormat format;
NSArray *array = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:data mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListImmutable format:&format errorDescription:nil];
you should read this great tut on plist files - http://www.edumobile.org/iphone/iphone-programming-tutorials/how-to-use-plist-in-iphone/