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    <p>I'm trying to create a create a simple app where I have a TableView that should display the contents of a file. I have created a Table View in IB and dragged it's delegate and data source to the file's owner and I have manually created a .plist file with 1 array that have 2 items.</p> <p>In my TableViewController.h i have declared an array. </p> <pre><code>NSArray * posts; </code></pre> <p>In my implementation file I have declared the required methods for UITableViewDataSource like this:</p> <pre><code>- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section { NSLog(@"Returning num sections"); return posts.count; } - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { // create a cell UITableViewCell * post = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"post"]; // fill it with content post.textLabel.text = [posts objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]; // return it return post; } </code></pre> <p>And in my ViewController 'viewDidLoad' method I try to add the content of my file to the 'posts' array like this:</p> <pre><code>- (void)viewDidLoad { NSString * postFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Posts" ofType:@"plist"]; posts = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:postFile]; NSLog(@"%@", postFile); NSLog(@"%i", posts.count); [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib. } </code></pre> <p>NSLog(@"%i", posts.count); returns 0, despite that I have added values to my .plist file. And nothing is displayed in the table view. </p> <p>Suggestions on how so solve this would be appreciated.</p>
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    1. COand what's the output of the first log in `viewDidLoad`? Is it not nil?
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    2. COIs your Posts.plist pre-populated when you build the app or are you dynamically adding content to it?
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    3. COI created it manually and added the initial values, but I will be saving user posts to it. I placed the file in the "Supporting Files" directory in my Xcode (4) project.
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