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rajat
rajat

Reputation: 41

How to open dialogbox to browse files in Xamarin.Forms?

When I executed : OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog();

I am getting the below error :

The base class or interface 'System.ComponentModel.Component' in assembly 'System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' referenced by type 'System.Windows.Forms.CommonDialog' could not be resolved c:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Windows.Forms.dll

P.S.: I have added reference to assembly System.Windows.Forms.dll in reference of solution.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6239

Answers (1)

Matt Whetton
Matt Whetton

Reputation: 6786

There's no simple way to open a file browser in Xamarin.Forms as environments such as iOS don't allow browsing the file system.

The link below shows a recipe of how to achieve something like what you want on Android.

http://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/android/data/files/browse_files/

Upvotes: 3

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