How to view contents of NSDictionary variable in Xcode debugger?

In the gdb window you can use po to inspect the object.

given:

NSMutableDictionary* dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];[dict setObject:@"foo" forKey:@"bar"];[dict setObject:@"fiz" forKey:@"buz"];

setting a breakpoint after the objects are added you can inspect what is in the dictionary

(gdb) po dict{  bar = foo;  buz = fiz;}

Of course these are NSString objects that print nicely. YMMV with other complex objects.

You can right-click any object (ObjC or Core Foundation) variable and select “Print Description to Console” (also in Run->Variables View). This prints the result the obejct’s -debugDescription method, which by default calls -description. Unfortunately, NSDictionary overrides this to produce a bunch of internal data the you generally don’t care about, so in this specific case craigb’s solution is better.

The displayed keys and values also use -description, so if you want useful information about your objects in collections and elsewhere, overriding -description is a must. I generally implement it along these lines, to match the format of the default NSObject implementation:

-(NSString *) description{    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@ %p>{foo: %@}", [self class], self, [self foo]];}

You can use CFShow()

NSMutableDictionary* dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];[dict setObject:@"foo" forKey:@"bar"];[dict setObject:@"fiz" forKey:@"buz"];CFShow(dict);

In output you will see

{  bar = foo;  buz = fiz;}