Creating a plist with multiple strings - objective-c

Question

I have a multiple strings I would like to write to one plist using objective c. Can anyone please tell me exactly how to do this? I appreciate it

Answer 1

As H2CO3 hinted, you could use NSArray's writeToFile:atomically: method.
For example:
NSArray *arr = #[
#"my first string",
#"my second string",
#"and the last one"
];
[arr writeToFile:#"./out.plist" atomically:NO]; // Or YES depending on your needs

Answer 2

Here's one possibility:
// Create the path that you want to write your plist to.
NSError *error = nil;
NSURL *documentsURL = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:YES error:&error];
if (documentsURL == nil) {
NSLog(#"Error finding user documents in directory: %#", [error localizedDescription]);
return nil;
}
NSString *path = [[documentsURL path] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"YourFile.plist"];
// Populate your strings and save to the plist specified in the above path.
NSString *kRoot = #"kRoot";
NSMutableDictionary *tempDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
tempDict[kRoot] = [NSMutableArray array];
[tempDict[kRoot] addObject:#"String 1"];
[tempDict[kRoot] addObject:#"String 2"];
[tempDict[kRoot] addObject:#"String 3"];
// Etc, add all your strings
if (![tempDict writeToFile:path atomically:YES])
{
NSLog(#"Error writing data to path %#", path);
}