How to read plist file in iphone

Question

I want to read a plist into my application. I want to try to create a tree. The plist file contents: ``` Name Test Webservice child child child id 4291 name 1.1.1 id 4292 name 1.1.2 id 4290 name 1.1 child id 4294 name 1.2.1 id 4293 name 1.2 id 4287 name 1 child child child id 4297

Accepted Answer

Follow the given snippet for fetching data from plist

```
NSString *strplistPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:<plistName> ofType:@"plist"];

// read property list into memory as an NSData  object
NSData *plistXML = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsAtPath:strplistPath];
NSString *strerrorDesc = nil;
NSPropertyListFormat plistFormat;
// convert static property liost into dictionary object
NSDictionary *temp = (NSDictionary *)[NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:plistXML mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves format:&plistFormat errorDescription:&strerrorDesc];
if (!temp) {
    NSLog(@"Error reading plist: %@, format: %d", strerrorDesc, plistFormat);
} else {
    // assign values
    NSMutableArray *plistArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[temp objectForKey:key]];
}
```

where Key -> for accessing particular field from plist

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How to read plist file in iphone

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