How to access a property list - ios

Question

I have created a property list with continents, countries, and random facts as shown below:
I can access the top level keys from the property list easily enough:
if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("countryData", ofType: "plist") {
dict = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path)
}
countries += dict!.allKeys as! [String]
If I wanted to access the second element in the vanuatu array, however, things fall apart. I would think objectForKey would get the country dictionary and then use objectForKey again to get the country array. But so far, that hasn't worked. At all...

Answer 1

if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("countryData", ofType: "plist") {
dict = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path)
if let australia = dict["australia"] as? [String:AnyObject]{
// access the second element's property here
if let vanuatu = australia["vanuatu"] as? [String]{
// Access the vanuatu here
}
}
}

Answer 2

if let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Property List", ofType: "plist") {
dict = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path)
if let vanuatu = dict.objectForKey("australia") as? [String:AnyObject]{
if let vanuatuArray = vanuatu["vanuatu"] as? [String]{
print(vanuatuArray[1])
}
}
}

Answer 3

You can get data from plist file like that.
I have created a plist file for countryCodes.
func fetchCounrtyCodes() -> [CountryCodes]{
let name = "name"
let dial_code = "dial_code"
let code = "code"
var countryArray = [CountryCodes]()
guard let filePath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("CountryList", ofType: "json") else {
print("File doesnot exist")
return []
}
guard let jsonData = NSData(contentsOfFile: filePath) else {
print("error parsing data from file")
return []
}
do {
guard let jsonArray = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(jsonData, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments) as? [[String:String]] else {
print("json doesnot confirm to expected format")
return []
}
countryArray = jsonArray.map({ (object) -> CountryCodes in
return CountryCodes(name: object[name]!, dial_code:object[dial_code]!, code: object[code]!)
})
}
catch {
print("error\(error)")
}
return countryArray
}
struct CountryCodes{
var name = ""
var dial_code = ""
var code = ""
}