NSMutableDictionary: mutating method sent to immutable object

Question

The following code is returning an exception with the following error message \"mutating method sent to immutable object\" when attempting to removeObjectForKey

Answer 1

This is the code that eventually worked, I used some of the details provided from others above, but none had it completely explained.

- (void)cleanDictionary
{
    NSMutableDictionary * storedIpDictionary = [[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey: @"dictDeviceIp"] mutableCopy];

    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] removeObjectForKey:@"dictDeviceIp"];

    NSString *oldKey = self.currentDeviceNameText.text;
    NSString *newKey = self.deviceNameChangeText.text;
    NSString *ipAddressTemp = [storedIpDictionary objectForKey:oldKey];

    // Make some change to the structure
    [storedIpDictionary removeObjectForKey:oldKey];  // Remove object
    storedIpDictionary[newKey] = ipAddressTemp;      // Add object with new key

    // Add it the whole thing back into NSUserDefaults
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:storedIpDictionary forKey:@"dictDeviceIp"];

    // Synchronize to ensure it's saved
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
}