NSArray initWithContentsOfFile returns nil

Question

I'm trying to read a plist file into NSArray using initWithContentsOfFile as described here

My code looks like this

    NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
    NSString *plistPath = [bundle pathForResource:
                           @"routes" ofType:@"plist" ];
    routes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:plistPath ];
    NSLog:(@"contents of myArray %@", routes);

routes.plist has a perfectly simple structure of array and 2 string values inside

<?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">
<dict>
    <key>Root</key>
    <array>
        <string>1</string>
        <string>2</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Everything seems to be fine. plistPath initializes with correct value, which means file is copied to the bundle and can be readed. But routes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:plistPath ]; returns 0x0 value. I think this is equal to nil

What is wrong with my code?

Answer 1

Actually your plist is a dictionary.

Change this:

<dict>
    <key>Root</key>
    <array>
        <string>1</string>
        <string>2</string>
    </array>
</dict>

to this:

<array>
    <string>1</string>
    <string>2</string>
</array>

Answer 2

I think you want to do something like this:

NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *plistPath = [bundle pathForResource:
                       @"routes" ofType:@"plist"];

NSDictionary *dictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:plistPath];
NSArray *routes = [dictionary objectForKey:@"Root"];