How do I programmatically access the Settings.bundle?

Question

Scenario:
Settings.bundle within the host application.

Goal:
To access the data within the settings.bundle.

Modus Operandi:
To dump the settings data into a dictionary for in-program access.

Here's my first attempt. I tried accessing the path, then the bundle. Both didn't work:

let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Settings", ofType: "bundle")

let myBundle = NSBundle(path: path!)

let myData = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile:path!)

What's the correct syntax of collecting data from the Settings.bundle (which contains the root.plist)?

Answer 1

You can access the saved values via NSUserDefaults .

For example if you want to get the previously set value ( "bar" ) from the setting named as "foo", then the code to get it is:

let valueOfFoo = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().valueForKey("foo")

In this case the content of valueOfFoo variable will be "bar" .

Note: this returns an Optional