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Asked: 2026-05-21T11:52:53+00:00

What exactly is a .plist file and how would I use it? When I

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What exactly is a .plist file and how would I use it? When I view this in xcode, it seems to generate some kind of template vs showing me some xml code. Is there a way that I can extract the data in a plist file by pushing the contents into an array? Also, where can I view the source of the .plist?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can easily get the contents of a plist into an array by using the following code (we’re opening here the file called ‘file.plist’ that’s part of the Xcode project):

    NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"file" ofType:@"plist"];
contentArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:filePath];

    A plist is just a XML file which corresponds to some DTD (datatype dictionary) designed by Apple, the DTD can be seen here:

    http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd

    The DTD -among other things- describes the “objects” and datatypes that the XML file can contain.

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