Viewing NSData contents in Xcode

Question

I am running Xcode and I would like to dump out a NSData*. The variable in question is buffer. Is there a way to do this through the UI or the GDB debugger?

Answer 1

No one has ever correctly answered the question. After 2 years I think it's time for one :)

Assuming you have in your code

NSData* myData;

Then in lldb you type

me read `[myData bytes]` -c`[myData length]`

If the format of the dump is not to your liking you can add '-t ' for example

me read `[myData bytes]` -c`[myData length]` -t int

For more help type

help me read

in lldb