Save NSDictionary to plist

Question

I am using the code found in this post: Mulitple Arrays From Plist, with the same plist formatting.

This works successfully, however I do not know how to save the cr

Answer 1

Don't forget to create myPlistFile.plist and add it in your application resource folder.

NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

you could scan paths here and search myPlistFile.plist using for loop.

NSString *plistPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myPlistFile.plist"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: plistPath])
{
          NSString *bundle = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myPlistFile" ofType:@"plist"];
          [[NSFileManager defaultManager] copyItemAtPath:bundle toPath:plistPath error:&error];
}
[myDict writeToFile:plistPath atomically: YES];

Answer 2

And conversely, to load a NSDictionary FROM a file:

+ (id)dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)path;

Answer 3

Here's the simplest way:

NSDictionary* dict = ...;
[dict writeToFile:@"..." atomically:YES];

See the documentation for -writeToFile:atomically:.