Snippet to read data from a property list

ReadFromPList.m

// Helpful tutorial:
// http://www.theappcodeblog.com/2011/05/30/property-list-tutorial-using-plist-to-store-user-data/

// Get property list from main bundle
NSString * plistPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"PListName" ofType:@"plist"];

// Read property list into memory as an NSData object
NSData * plistXML = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsAtPath:plistPath];
NSString * errorDesc = nil;
NSPropertyListFormat format;

// Convert static property list into dictionary object
NSDictionary * temp = (NSDictionary *)[NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListFromData:plistXML mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListImmutable format:&format errorDescription:&errorDesc];

if (!temp)
  NSLog(@"Error reading plist: %@, format: %d", errorDesc, format);

// Use data from property list
// ...