NSDictionary value replacing instead of adding in Plist

Question

hi i tried to add values(book id,page number,notes) from NSdictionary to Plist but each time the new value replacing the previous one?but i need all values in plist my code

Answer 1

Fetch the existing array from the plist as below, but first make sure you have copied you plist to Documents directory or, to some writable folder as below

NSFileManager *fileManager=[NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory , NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *docPath=[[paths objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingString:@"yourplist.plist"];
BOOL fileExists = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath: docPath];
NSError *error = nil;
if(!fileExists) 
{
    NSString *strSourcePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"yourplist" ofType:@"plist"];

    [fileManager copyItemAtPath:strSourcePath toPath:docPath error:&error];         

}

NSString *path = docPath;
NSMutableDictionary *plistdictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]initWithContentsOfFile:path];
NSMutableArray *notes=[plistdictionary objectForKey:@"usernotes"];
if(notes==nil){ 
   notes=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; 
}
NSString *bid=@"95";
NSString *pnum=@"12";
userNotes=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[userNotes setValue:userNotesTextview.text forKey:@"notes"];
[userNotes setValue:bid forKey:@"bookid"];
[userNotes setValue:pnum forKey:@"pagenumber"];
[notes addObject:userNotes];

then finally

NSMutableDictionary *final=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[final setValue:notes forKey:@"usernotes"];
[final writeToFile:docPath atomically:YES];

Note: You cannot write anything in MainBundle, so better to copy your plist to Documents directory and use from there..