Saving and Loading the Checklist Items

Saving

- (NSString *)documentsDirectory

{

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); //asd

    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

    return documentsDirectory;

}

- (NSString *)dataFilePath

{

    return [[self documentsDirectory] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Checklists.plist"];  //Create new string  asd/Checklists.plist

}

- (void)viewDidLoad

{

    [super viewDidLoad];

// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    

    NSLog(@"Documents folder is %@",[self documentsDirectory]);

    NSLog(@"Data file path is %@", [self dataFilePath]);

...

}

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Loading

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- (void)loadChecklistsItems

{

    NSString *path = [self dataFilePath];

    if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path]) {

        NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];

        NSKeyedUnarchiver *unarchiver = [[NSKeyedUnarchiver alloc] initForReadingWithData:data];

        items = [unarchiver decodeObjectForKey:@"ChelistItems"];

    } else {

        items = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:20];

    }

}

    //restore       For viewcontrollers that are automatically loaded from a nib or storyboard

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder

{

    if (self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder]) {

        [self loadChecklistsItems];

    }

    

    return self;

}