Need help in trying to read and write from plist - ios

Question

I am trying to save an NSMutable Array and NSString into plist and then if it exists initialize the value from plist. However when I re run the app, the values do not get initialize as it is suppose to. So far the following is what I have.
if (self = [super init]) {
NSString *path=[self getFileUrl];
NSFileManager *fm = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
if ([fm fileExistsAtPath:path]) {
_history = [d objectForKey:#"stringKey"];
class=[d objectForKey: #"ArrayKey"];
}
NSDictionary *d;
However the values are not getting initialized as per the plist. Is it the way I am extracting the values from the dictionary?

Answer 1

here is my function that saving json into plist in nscachesdirectory
-(void)saveproducts{
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* plistPath = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Products.plist"];
NSDictionary*dict = [NSDictionary dictionary];
NSMutableArray *types = [NSMutableArray array];
NSArray *dictArray = [NSArray array];
NSArray *dictKeys = [NSArray array];
NSArray *productObjects = [NSArray array];
NSArray *productKeys = [NSArray array];
for (int i=0; i<appDelegate.products.count; i++) {
NSMutableArray *tmpProds = [NSMutableArray array];
NSString *t_ID = [[appDelegate.products objectAtIndex:i] valueForKey:#"id"];
NSString *t_image = [[appDelegate.products objectAtIndex:i] valueForKey:#"image"];
NSString *t_name =[[appDelegate.products objectAtIndex:i] valueForKey:#"name"];
NSArray *products = [[appDelegate.products objectAtIndex:i] valueForKey:#"products"];
NSDictionary *productsDict = [NSDictionary dictionary];
for (int j=0; j<products.count; j++) {
NSString *p_id = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"id"];
NSString *p_name = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"name"];
NSString *p_name2 = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"name2"];
NSString *image = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"image"];
NSString *typeID = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"type_id"];
NSString *active = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"active"];
NSString *available = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"available"];
NSString *desc = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"description"];
NSString *price = [[products objectAtIndex:j] valueForKey:#"price"];
if ([p_name2 isEqual:[NSNull null]]) {
p_name2 =#"undefined";
}
if ([desc isEqual:[NSNull null]]) {
desc = #"";
}
productObjects = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:p_id,p_name,p_name2,image,typeID,active,available,desc,price, nil];
productKeys = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"id",#"name",#"name2",#"image",#"type_id",#"active",#"available",#"desc",#"price", nil];
productsDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:productObjects forKeys:productKeys];
[tmpProds addObject:productsDict];
if (![image isEqualToString:#""]) {
[foodImages addObject:image];
}
}
dictArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:t_ID,t_image,t_name,tmpProds, nil];
dictKeys = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"id",#"image",#"name",#"products", nil];
dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:dictArray forKeys:dictKeys];
[types addObject:dict];
}
NSDictionary* plistDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects: [NSArray arrayWithObjects:types, nil] forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"ptype", nil]];
NSString *error = nil;
NSData *plistData = [NSPropertyListSerialization dataFromPropertyList:plistDict format:NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0 errorDescription:&error];
if(plistData)
{
[plistData writeToFile:plistPath atomically:YES];
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[defaults setBool:YES forKey:#"cached"];
[defaults synchronize];
}
else
{
NSLog(#"Error log: %#", error);
}
}

Answer 2

and this one reading plist
-(void)loadFromplist{
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains (NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* plistPath = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Products.plist"];
NSData *plistData = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsAtPath:plistPath];
NSDictionary *dict = (NSDictionary*)[NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:plistData mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves format:nil errorDescription:nil];
productsArray = [dict valueForKey:#"ptype"];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}