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Scsm326
Scsm326

Reputation: 70

Saving an NSDictionary to File, and Creating a New File

I'm trying to discover a way to save an NSDictionary, (which will probably hold high scores and users on a particular system.) onto a new file. I would like to know how to create the file, and put it in the location that it should be, preferably where it can't be touched by the user. Is there any place that these kinds of files are meant to be?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 131

Answers (2)

Swati
Swati

Reputation: 2918

There are many ways to do it.

Either make Plist of your NSDictionary and write to Documents Directory

OR

Make JSON string >> Convert it to NSData using NSJSONSerialization >> Write it to Documents Directory

You can write files in documents directory using NSFileManager

Upvotes: 1

levidhuyvetter
levidhuyvetter

Reputation: 411

Have a look at this question:

How to save data into the User's Application Support?

The best place to save such files is the "Application Support" folder in the users "Library" folder. The user could go there, but most users won't.

The first answer also has a link on how to save an NSDictionary to a file.

Edit

My answer applies for osx applications only. If you making an app for ios, you should save your file to your app's "Documents" directory.

Upvotes: 1

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