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Nirav Mehta
Nirav Mehta

Reputation: 7063

How to access directory path in Xamarin.Forms for iOS & Android?

I am new to Xamarin.Forms, and want to save some files like CSV, PDF in the device using Export to CSV / PDF.

And to do that I need to access device directory and path. But using Xamarin.Forms, How can I access directory and path in Xamarin.Forms for iOS & Android?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7465

Answers (2)

jojobarcream
jojobarcream

Reputation: 56

System.Environment.GetFolderPath cannot be used with PCL project.(But shared project,It can) If you plan to use PCL path, You can use 'Dependency Service' Feature.

http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/dependency-service/

use Interface(on PCL) that inject from Concrete Class (From iOS/Android). (Sound Hard,But It's easy)

Upvotes: 4

Pete
Pete

Reputation: 4746

You could use System.Environment.GetFolderPath to help with things such as this.

i.e.:-

string strFolderPath = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);

In Android this will return something along the lines of /data/data/MyProject/files

You can then just append your filename onto the end and then start creating and writing to the file etc.

Upvotes: 2

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