Swift - read plist file to an array?

Question

I have created a mini translation from English words to Spanish words. I would like to use the englishArray.plist instead of my englishArray = [\"the cat\"] How can I create thi

Answer 1

Swift 4

You can use Codable which is pure swift type.

Firstly load Plist file from bundle then use PropertyListDecoder

Complete code -

    func setData() {
        // location of plist file
        if let settingsURL = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "JsonPlist", ofType: "plist") {

            do {
                var settings: MySettings?
                let data = try Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: settingsURL))
                    let decoder = PropertyListDecoder()
                settings = try decoder.decode(MySettings.self, from: data)
                print("array  is \(settings?.englishArray ?? [""])")//prints array  is ["Good morning", "Good afternoon"]


            } catch {
                print(error)
            }
        }
    }
}
struct MySettings: Codable {

    var englishArray: [String]?

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        englishArray = try values.decodeIfPresent([String].self, forKey: .englishArray)

    }
}