NSPropertyListSerialization Not Able To Set Image String For A Detail View in a Table View (iOS)

Question

I'm having trouble holding on to the contents of an array as I go through a Table View. What I mean is that I have a PList that I'm trying to draw data from for a Detail View once I click on a row in a Table View. Here's what I have in viewDidLoad:

NSString *myfile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"MillersDeals" ofType:@"plist"];
NSError *error;
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:myfile options:0 error:&error];
self.dealsArray = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListWithData:data                                                            options:NSPropertyListMutableContainers format:NULL error:&error];
NSLog(@"%@", self.dealsArray);

Now I've never used NSPropertyListSerialization until earlier when I was suggested it as an answer to a question. I'm not sure if it creates a whole set of different issues or if it needs to be converted back to a Dictionary or Array before I can utilize the information within. It prints out my Plist ok when I NSLog it both times. on the didSelectRowAtIndexPath method I wrote this (I attempt to pass the 'image' from the PList into an Image String that I've set up in the Detail View):

DealsDetailViewController *dealsDetail = [[DealsDetailViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"DealsDetailViewController" bundle:nil];
NSLog(@"%@", dealsArray);
dealsDetail.petImageString = [[NSString alloc]initWithString:[[[dealsArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:@"Image"]];

The error comes on the dealsDetail.petImageString declaration. Is it the wrong data type that I've set dealsArray to?

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Sample of Plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"   "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>Description</key>
        <string>Here&apos;s the deal</string>
        <key>Image</key>
        <string>Frito-Lays-Jobs.png</string>
        <key>Name</key>
        <string>Frito-Lays</string>
        <key>Thumbnail</key>
        <string>dollars.png</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Description</key>
        <string>Here&apos;s the deal 2</string>
        <key>Image</key>
        <string>Frito-Lays-Jobs.png</string>
        <key>Name</key>
        <string>Frito-Lays 2</string>
        <key>Thumbnail</key>
        <string>dollars.png</string>
    </dict>
</array>

It's just sample stuff (that's why some of the elements are the same).

Answer 1

This plist you showed is an array of dictionaries, not an array of an array of dictionaries. So something like this should work in your didSelectRowAtIndexPath:

DealsDetailViewController *dealsDetail = [[DealsDetailViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"DealsDetailViewController" bundle:nil];

dealsDetail.petImageString = [[self.dealsArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:@"Image"];