Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook

Chapter 3. Files and Data

In this chapter, we will cover the following points:

• Reading PLIST data files
• Reading JSON data files
• Reading XML data files
• Saving simple data using NSUserDefaults
• Archiving objects into archive files
• Mutating nested metadata
• Saving data into a PLIST file
• Saving data into a SQLite database
• Saving data using Core Data

Introduction

Both simple and complex games process and persist data. This includes hi-scores, player profiles, and saved game sessions to name a few. In this chapter, we will use a number of varied techniques to read and write data.