Question

When i try this code:

if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:@"~/Library/Application Support/Staying Afloat/stats/static-stats.plist"] == NO) {
    NSMutableDictionary* tempDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]initWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"completedGames",
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"floatsCollected",
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"sec",
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"subScore",
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"highScore",
                                     [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0"],@"longestSec", nil];

    [tempDict writeToFile:@"~/Library/Application Support/Staying Afloat/stats/static-stats.plist" atomically:YES];

    NSLog(@"written file");

}

and this outputs with

2012-04-14 19:15:10.009 Staying Afloat[3227:9c07] written file

so the loop has run, but the file isn’t written?
can anyone point my in the right dirrection for saving plists to non-localized places?

EDIT: this is for mac

Answer 1

You need to expand your path using -(NSString *)stringByExpandingTildeInPath when you write and check if the file exist.

Edit: Read the method writeToFile:automatically in the NSDictionary documentation. It says

If path contains a tilde (~) character, you must expand it with stringByExpandingTildeInPath before invoking this method.

So just do something like

[tempDict writeToFile:[[NSString stringWithString:@"~/Library/Application Support/Staying Afloat/stats/static-stats.plist"] stringByExpandingTildeInPath] atomically:YES];