Value in Settings Bundle Root.plist not saving

[marciokoko]

I have an app that checks for a file upon load from the appDelegate's appDidFinishLoading method using a url value that I supposedly store in the NSUserDefaults Settings Root Plist:

NSString *pathStr = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
NSString *settingsBundlePath = [pathStr stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Settings.bundle"];
NSString *finalPath = [settingsBundlePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Root.plist"];
NSDictionary *settingsDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:finalPath];
NSArray *prefSpecifierArray = [settingsDict objectForKey:@"PreferenceSpecifiers"];

NSDictionary *prefItem;
for (prefItem in prefSpecifierArray){
NSString *keyValueStr = [prefItem objectForKey:@"Key"];
if ([keyValueStr isEqualToString:kFirstNameKey]){
nsUserDefURL = [prefItem objectForKey:@"DefaultValue"];
}
if ([keyValueStr isEqualToString:kSecondNameKey]){
NSLog(@"You are using local data:%@",[prefItem objectForKey:@"DefaultValue"]);
}
}
NSLog(@" this is the url == %@", nsUserDefURL);

// since no default values have been set (i.e. no preferences file created), create it here
NSDictionary *appDefaults = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:nsUserDefURL,kFirstNa meKey,@"YES",kSecondNameKey,nil];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:appDefaults];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
with some statics:

NSString *kFirstNameKey = @"url";
NSString *kSecondNameKey = @"Web DataSource";
When I NSLog the nsUserDefURL, i still get the default value in the settings plist. I went into the settings for the app (didn't know i could do so in the simulator) and I modified the value in the url field, but i STILL get the test2.xml value that is the default placeholder value in the settings root plist.

Here is the plist:

[marciokoko]

Turns out I was missing this line:

nsUserDefURL = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:kFirstNameKey];

Originally Posted by marciokoko

I have an app that checks for a file upon load from the appDelegate's appDidFinishLoading method using a url value that I supposedly store in the NSUserDefaults Settings Root Plist:

NSString *pathStr = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
NSString *settingsBundlePath = [pathStr stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Settings.bundle"];
NSString *finalPath = [settingsBundlePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Root.plist"];
NSDictionary *settingsDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:finalPath];
NSArray *prefSpecifierArray = [settingsDict objectForKey:@"PreferenceSpecifiers"];

NSDictionary *prefItem;
for (prefItem in prefSpecifierArray){
NSString *keyValueStr = [prefItem objectForKey:@"Key"];
if ([keyValueStr isEqualToString:kFirstNameKey]){
nsUserDefURL = [prefItem objectForKey:@"DefaultValue"];
}
if ([keyValueStr isEqualToString:kSecondNameKey]){
NSLog(@"You are using local data:%@",[prefItem objectForKey:@"DefaultValue"]);
}
}
NSLog(@" this is the url == %@", nsUserDefURL);

// since no default values have been set (i.e. no preferences file created), create it here
NSDictionary *appDefaults = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:nsUserDefURL,kFirstNa meKey,@"YES",kSecondNameKey,nil];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:appDefaults];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
with some statics:

NSString *kFirstNameKey = @"url";
NSString *kSecondNameKey = @"Web DataSource";
When I NSLog the nsUserDefURL, i still get the default value in the settings plist. I went into the settings for the app (didn't know i could do so in the simulator) and I modified the value in the url field, but i STILL get the test2.xml value that is the default placeholder value in the settings root plist.

Here is the plist: