gistfile1.txt

//
//  bundle.c
//  Daodan
//
//  Created by Sam Marshall on 2/16/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Sam Marshall. All rights reserved.
//

#ifndef Daodan_bundle_c
#define Daodan_bundle_c

#include "bundle.h"

#define kCFDaodanPreferenceBundle CFSTR("com.samdmarshall.Daodan")

bool Daodan_DetectBundle() {
	bool foundBundle = false;
	CFStringRef currentApp = CFBundleGetIdentifier(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
	CFArrayRef knownApps = (CFArrayRef)CFPreferencesCopyAppValue(CFSTR("RegisteredPlugins"), kCFDaodanPreferenceBundle);
	CFShow(knownApps); // SDM: this line here will cause bad things
	// By removing line 20, the rest of the code executes fine
	CFIndex knownAppsCount = CFArrayGetCount(knownApps);
	for (CFIndex index = 0; index < knownAppsCount; index++) {
		CFDictionaryRef app = (CFDictionaryRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(knownApps, index);
		CFShow(app);
		CFStringRef appIdentifier = CFDictionaryGetValue(app, CFSTR("CFBundleIdentifier"));
		if (CFStringCompare(appIdentifier, currentApp, kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo) {
			printf("found a registered plugin for current app!\n");
			CFShow(app);
			// However when i get to here, the dictionary that should have two values only ever displays the one value (CFBundleIdentifier)
		}
	}
	return foundBundle;
}

#endif

gistfile2.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>RegisteredPlugins</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
			<string>com.somedomain.someapp</string>
			<key>LoadPlugin</key>
			<string>~/Library/Application Support/Daodan/Test.dylib</string>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>