Can't read from plist

Question

I\'m trying to do something that I already know how to do - but it isn\'t working. Looking for ideas to fix this. I think it\'s something to do with the way Xcode 4.1 create

Answer 1

The root object of you .plist is a dict, so you need to load it in memory as a NSDictionary.

myDictionary = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: myFile];

Answer 2

If you just want the plist loaded, you need to use property list serialization to first load the plist as NSData

[[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"File1"]]

then serialize it into a dict (or array, depending on what your root item is) using

NSDictionary *aDict = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListWithData: options: format: error:]

When you view the plist in Xcode, the top level element is the type to make aDict.

See here for more info: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/PropertyLists/SerializePlist/SerializePlist.html

If you want the entire plist loaded as strings, you probably need to do something with an NSString method, something like [NSString stringFromData].