webservice response dictionary disable auto sorted by keys? - ios

Question

I am facing issue with my webserice response. Dictionary keys are auto sorted and i want them as it is
the actual webservice response is :-
[data] => Array
(
[18] => How it works
[22] => Benefits
[23] => Win Free Airtime
[7] => What can I Report?
[10] => Our Goal
[16] => Disclaimer
[8] => FAQ
[13] => Terms & Conditions
[11] => Contact Us
[14] => Feedback / suggestion
)
and it is showing below unfortunately by auto sorting
data = {
10 = "Our Goal";
11 = "Contact Us";
13 = "Terms & Conditions";
14 = "Feedback / suggestion";
16 = Disclaimer;
18 = "How it works";
22 = Benefits;
23 = "Win Free Airtime";
7 = "What can I Report?";
8 = FAQ;
};
I am stuck :( below is my code
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request queue:queue completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error)
{
[spinner stopAnimating];
if ([data length] > 0 && error == nil)
{
//NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSDictionary * Dict = [NSDictionary dictionary];
NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSData *decryptedStr = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:newStr options:0];
NSDictionary * Dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:decryptedStr options:kNilOptions error:nil];

Answer 1

There is no way to do this, because the result is not an array but a dictionary which does not have an order.
You will have to write your own JSON parser and use something else than an NSDictionary to keep the order.
The best way is to change the JSON output use an array:
{
"data": [
{
"key": 10,
"value": "Our Goal"
},
{
"key": 11,
"value": "Contact Us"
},
{
"key": 13,
"value": "Terms & Conditions"
},
{
"key": 14,
"value": "Feedback / suggestion"
},
{
"key": 16,
"value": "Disclaimer"
},
{
"key": 18,
"value": "How it works"
},
{
"key": 22,
"value": "Benefits"
},
{
"key": 23,
"value": "Win Free Airtime"
},
{
"key": 7,
"value": "What can I Report?"
},
{
"key": 8,
"value": "FAQ"
}
]
}