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Rutger Huijsmans
Rutger Huijsmans

Reputation: 2408

Retrieving user defined values in Plist

I'm trying to retrieve user-defined build settings in my .plist. I'm working on a Mac app and I'm using the Info.plist (shouldn't be a custom one, right?)

I use the following code to retrieve my values from the Plist: 

func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
    // Insert code here to initialize your application
    let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
    defaults.set(nil, forKey: "access_token")
    defaults.set(nil, forKey: "refresh_token")
    self.userLoggedOut()

    let em = NSAppleEventManager.shared()
    em.setEventHandler(self, andSelector: #selector(self.getUrl(_:withReplyEvent:)), forEventClass: AEEventClass(kInternetEventClass), andEventID: AEEventID(kAEGetURL))

    var myDict: NSDictionary?
    if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Info", ofType: "plist") {
        myDict = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: path)
        let serverURLString = myDict?.object(forKey: "SERVER_URL") as! String
        let appNameString = myDict?.object(forKey: "APP_NAME") as! String
        print(serverURLString)
        print(appNameString)
        Constant.apiUrlString = serverURLString
        Constant.applicationName = appNameString
    }
}

This will print: $(YT_SERVER_URL) $(YT_APP_NAME)

My plist looks like this:

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I've added my user-defined build settings in my Project > Targets

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Why can't I find the values I've added there? What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2618

Answers (2)

Shivam Pokhriyal
Shivam Pokhriyal

Reputation: 1104

Using these lines you can get the Plist dictionary ::

guard let path = Bundle(for: *YourClass*.self).url(forResource: "Info", withExtension: "plist"),
      let dict = NSDictionary(contentsOf: path) as? [String: Any]
else {
    return 
}
// Access any key here like :: 
let serverUrl = dict["SERVER_URL"] as? String

Upvotes: 0

Rahul Umap
Rahul Umap

Reputation: 2859

First of all, you can access user-defined values from your Plist. To access the user-defined value from Plist you need to add the following code :

extension Bundle {
    var apiBaseURL: String {
        return object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "serviceURL") as? String ?? ""
    }
}

Usage :

let appConfiguration =  Bundle.main.apiBaseURL

Your applicationDidFinishLaunching will look like this:

func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
    let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
    defaults.set(nil, forKey: "access_token")
    defaults.set(nil, forKey: "refresh_token")
    self.userLoggedOut()

    let em = NSAppleEventManager.shared()
    em.setEventHandler(self, andSelector: #selector(self.getUrl(_:withReplyEvent:)), forEventClass: AEEventClass(kInternetEventClass), andEventID: AEEventID(kAEGetURL))

    Constant.apiUrlString = Bundle.main.apiBaseURL
    Constant.applicationName = Bundle.main.appName
}

Apart from that, you will need to check the following things

  1. Go to Packaging and check Info Plist File. it must be your main Info Plist file.

  2. Check Info Plist How you have fetched user-defined value in Info Plist file

enter image description here Info Plist File

Upvotes: 2

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