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iOS: store two NSMutableArray in a .plist file

Create an NSArray containing your two NSMutableArrays. NSArray *array = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:<#(id), …#>, nil]; Write the array to a file. NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); NSString *libraryDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; NSString *location = [libraryDirectory stringByAppendingString:@”/somefilename.plist”]; [array writeToFile:location atomically:YES]; Load the array from the file. NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@”file” ofType:@”plist”]; NSArry *array = (path … Read more

iPhone read/write .plist file

I guess you have added your plist file to your resources folder in Xcode (where we place image, if not then you need to place that first). Resources data goes to [NSBundle mainBundle] by default and iOS does not allow us to change data inside bundle. So first you need to copy that file to … Read more

Parsing mobileprovision files in bash?

If your running this on a machine with mac os x, you can use the following: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c ‘Print :Entitlements:application-identifier’ /dev/stdin <<< $(security cms -D -i path_to_mobileprovision)

Steps to create and edit a plist file in Xcode

Right click on the folder you want to add it to and choose “New file…” From the Dialog – create a new Resource file of type Property List: Give it whatever name you want, the plist extension will be added for you. In this case I’ve created Root.plist This will bring up a blank file … Read more

How to write a data in plist?

You are trying to write the file to your application bundle, which is not possible. Save the file to the Documents folder instead. NSString *path = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject]; path = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:@”drinks.plist”]; The pathForResource method can only be used for reading the resources that you added to your project in Xcode. Here’s what … Read more

Replace occurrences of NSNull in nested NSDictionary

A small modification to the method can make it recursive: @interface NSDictionary (JRAdditions) – (NSDictionary *) dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithStrings; @end @implementation NSDictionary (JRAdditions) – (NSDictionary *) dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithStrings { const NSMutableDictionary *replaced = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary: self]; const id nul = [NSNull null]; const NSString *blank = @””; for (NSString *key in self) { const id object = [self … Read more

Plist Array to NSDictionary

The two problems: Loading the plist into an NSDictionary: This is a simple problem, which it seems you have already figured out. The global object in your plist is an array, not a dict, so when you load it into the dictionary, it doesn’t know what to do (incompatable types), so you’re getting an empty … Read more

NSString: newline escape in plist

If you’re editing the plist in Xcode’s inbuild plist editor, you can press option-return to enter a line break within a string value.

Editing Info.plist possible programmatically?

Probably write in info.plist is not good idea and it doesn’t work because you are trying to write the dictionary to a .plist file inside your App bundle, which is read only. Thus it would not work and also would have more rejection chances even if you get it done other way. BTW why Info.Plist … Read more

best way to add license section to iOS settings bundle

I think I’ve now managed to solve all the problems I was running into. It seems to be best to use group element titles to hold the licenses (this is what Apple do in the iWork apps). There is however a limit on the length of these (and I’ve not yet discovered exactly what the … Read more