is it possible to save NSMutableArray or NSDictionary data as file in iOS?

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To write in file

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:FILE_NAME];

[myArray writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];

To read from file

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:FILE_NAME];

myArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:filePath];

myArray will be nil if file is not present. And NSDictionary has similar methods. Please check the reference for the details of these methods.

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