Getting plist path

[scrumsolutions]

Hi All,

I've added a plist for managing all of my settings through the settings area. I have two questions;

1. I can get my bundle path, but I don't seem to be able to reference my plist. I have tried the following;

NSString *filePath = [NSBundle mainBundle] && @"root.plist";

And;

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:
    @"root" ofType:@"plist"];

If I remove any reference to the plist, I can return the application path using just;

NSString *filePath = [NSBundle mainBundle]

And my second question, is data saved in the plist persistant? Or do I need to store values in a DB, XML, etc?

Cheers

Carl

[Domele]

Originally Posted by scrumsolutions

Hi All,

I've added a plist for managing all of my settings through the settings area. I have two questions;

1. I can get my bundle path, but I don't seem to be able to reference my plist. I have tried the following;

NSString *filePath = [NSBundle mainBundle] && @"root.plist";

And;

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:
    @"root" ofType:@"plist"];

If I remove any reference to the plist, I can return the application path using just;

NSString *filePath = [NSBundle mainBundle]

And my second question, is data saved in the plist persistant? Or do I need to store values in a DB, XML, etc?

Cheers

Carl

Took this straight from my code:

 NSString *PlistPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"plistFile" ofType:@"plist"];

Then you use the path like this: (lets assume its an array)

NSArray *plistArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:PlistPath];

Also, why don't you just save your plist data container object to NSUserDefaults?

[scrumsolutions]

Hi,

I tried;

    NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"root" ofType:@"plist"];
    NSArray *plistArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:filePath];

But both the filepath string and the array return nil. My root.plist is in the root directory of the application.

Cheers

Carl

[msukang]

Here is a similar case:

NSString* candleOnPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"candle on" ofType:@"jpg"];

NSLog(candleOnPath);

candleOnImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:candleOnPath];

if (candleOnImage)
NSLog(@"Image not null..");

NSString* plistPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Drink" ofType:@"plist"];
NSLog(plistPath);

NSMutableArray* tmpArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFilelistPath];

if (tmpArray)
NSLog(@"tmpArray not null..");
else
NSLog(@"tmpArray null..");

The results are as follows:

2011-07-11 10:44:33.186 LightTheCandle[13756:207] /Users/cse/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3.2/Applications/FDF27D59-F508-4D31-BCB1-4EA73D7E55DE/LightTheCandle.app/candle on.jpg
2011-07-11 10:44:33.189 LightTheCandle[13756:207] Image not null..
2011-07-11 10:44:33.190 LightTheCandle[13756:207] /Users/cse/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3.2/Applications/FDF27D59-F508-4D31-BCB1-4EA73D7E55DE/LightTheCandle.app/Drink.plist
2011-07-11 10:44:33.191 LightTheCandle[13756:207] tmpArray null..

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Any Idea why Drinl.plist returns null while candle.jpg doesn't.
(The related files are well located in the supporting files.)

What did I do wrong??