NSBundle pathForResource is NULL
So here's the solution for this problem after I got the source:
I didn't really pay attention to the posted screenshot, but the target is of type "Command-line Tool"... and since those don't have a bundle [NSBundle mainBundle] of course returns nil. It's pretty misleading that Xcode doesn't complain that it can't execute the "Copy Bundle Resources" step, it just silently skips it.
Solution is simply to add a new target, of type "Application" so a bundle-based application is generated. Then check the Target Membership checkboxes for all sources and resources for this new target. The plist paths are correctly resolved then.
I was trying to get my iPhone app to use a default sqlite database and the darn app couldn't find it. Turned out that I had to make sure that the .sqlite file was in the bundle resource.
- Select your project
- Select Target
- Select Build Phases tab
- Open the section labelled "Copy Bundle Resources"
- Drag and drop your .sqlite file into this section.
now your app will find this default sqlite database.