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iOS

Posted by Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points

get value from Dictionnary in a tableView with an indexPath.row?

I'm trying to get info from a plist. Here's the struct :

Root
-Dictionary
--Dictionary
---String
---String
--Dictionary
---String
---String
--Dictionary
---String
---String

And a little sample of it :

<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>introduction</key>
    <dict>
        <key>gfx</key>
        <dict>
            <key>titre</key>
            <string>Introduction</string>
            <key>color</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>miniLogo</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>bigLogo</key>
            <string></string>
        </dict>
...

So basically I'm to get the string value from a dictionary nested in another dictionary.

The trick is, I want to use a tableView

So far I'm here :

let pathRoot = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("MyPLIST", ofType: "plist")

let rootRubrique = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: pathRoot!)

I'm trying to get the info like that :

let rubriqueTitre = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: pathRoot!)?.allKeys[indexPath.row].objectForKey("gfx")?.valueForKey("titre")

But maybe the problem is from the way I'm trying to screen that 

label.text = imageRubrique! as! String
// And also tried :
label.text = "\(imageRubrique!)"

Also I tried to get other values, just to try. This is working for me :

let rubriqueIndex = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: pathRoot!)?.allKeys[indexPath.row]
 label.text = rubriqueIndex as! String

I get the "introduction" with a lower case, the first one. But I don't want that value, I want the nested one ! I'm getting crazy!

After that, I'll have to find a way to sort my dictionary in the right order which seems to be another big problem…