I am having issues with XCode and require help pretty quickly... I have a plist file which I need to access and it should be filling the array of all vehicles available... Unfortunately it is not doing this.
rootPath has a value.
path has a value.
settings
does NOT have a value, it comes back as nil. Why is this? As far as I am aware this used to work on older versions of iOS / OS / XCode versions.
Any ideas would be perfect! Here is the code that is going wrong with the plist file:
-(NSArray *)AllAvailableVehicles {
// load in vehicles from plist data
//NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:
// @"vehicles" ofType:@"plist"];
NSString *rootPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [rootPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"vehicles.plist"];
NSDictionary *settings = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:path];
NSArray *array = [settings objectForKey:@"Vehicles"];
NSMutableArray *vehicleMutArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:20];
for (NSDictionary *dict in array){
Vehicle *vehicle = [[Vehicle alloc] init];
vehicle.displayName = [dict objectForKey:@"Display Name"];
vehicle.keyName = [dict objectForKey:@"Key Name"];
vehicle.maxPassengers = [[dict objectForKey:@"Max Passengers"] intValue];
vehicle.cabCode = [dict objectForKey:@"Cabmaster Code"];
vehicle.luggageImage = [dict objectForKey:@"Image"];
[vehicleMutArray addObject:vehicle];
[vehicle release];
}
NSArray *vehiclesArray = [[vehicleMutArray copy] autorelease];
return vehiclesArray;
}
plist file:
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd" PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<dict>
<key>Vehicles</key>
-<array>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>Saloon Vehicle - 4 Seats</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>Standard</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string> </string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>Standard.png</string>
</dict>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>Estate Car - 4 Seats</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>Estate</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string>E</string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>Estate.png</string>
</dict>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>VIP - 4 seats</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>VIP</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string>V</string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>Exec_Car.png</string>
</dict>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>MPV - 6 Seater</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>MPV - 6</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string>M</string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>6Seater.png</string>
</dict>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>MPV - 7 Seater</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>MPV - 7</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string>N</string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>7Seater.png</string>
</dict>
-<dict>
<key>Display Name</key>
<string>Minibus - 8 seats</string>
<key>Key Name</key>
<string>Minibus</string>
<key>Max Passengers</key>
<integer>8</integer>
<key>Cabmaster Code</key>
<string>O</string>
<key>Image</key>
<string>Mini.png</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
I have fixed the issue! It turns out I had some build rules which meant that the Plist Files would not copy over, I removed all of the build rules and it works!