Can you see the values of NSUserDefaults anywhere in the xcode debugger?

Question

Can you see the values of NSUserDefaults naywhere in the xcode debugger?

Just wondering if this is possible?

Thanks,

Nick

Answer 1

I haven't done it but you should be able to execute a po (print object) command on the user defaults like so:

po [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] valueForKey:@"someKeyName"] 

I prefer to wrap my defaults in a custom class and create a description method that dumps the defaults.

You can use the "defaults" command line utility to examine the defaults exactly. Read the man page for details.

Answer 2

I don't have a solution to view them in the debugger, but I can offer this:

NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSLog(@"%@", [defaults dictionaryRepresentation]);

For some caveman-debugging:)

Answer 3

Not aware of any GUI that displays NSUserDefaults, but I use this in my application delegate to see the settings at start up:

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application
{
    NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    NSLog(@"%@ DEFAULTS = %@", [self class], [defaults persistentDomainForName:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier]]);
}