How to find object path:
NSString *xmlPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResources:@"config" ofType:@"xml"];
[NSBundle mainBundle] will tell you the path to your project folder. And the search is done in that folder.
What is NSBundle/mainBundle: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3369136/what-is-nsbundle-and-mainbundle-in-objective-c
How to convert xml into NSString and NSData
NSString *contents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:xmlPath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
NSLog(@"%@", contents);
NSData * xmlData = [contents dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
To get the xmlPath, refer to How to find object path
How to access App Delegate
[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate