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Briefkasten
Briefkasten

Reputation: 1994

Regarding user settings - whats the purpose of the assets folder?

I want to find the correct place to save my user settings for my uwp app. I know there exists:

I can access the above places with ApplicationData.Current. Which are located somewhere in C:\Users\bla\AppData\Local\Packages\1e7e-94a6-4235-a0c5-9b143f8b_8webbwe

The project also contains a Asset folder, and I can't find a good source which tells me where the folder is located when the app is installed (not in developer mode).

Some developers place there settings into the asset folder. Why? What's the advantage? Is there also a file size limit like for ApplicationData.Current ? When deploying a settings folder into the asset folder will it be available for all user which installed my app? Any background informations regarding the asset folder are appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 127

Answers (1)

Rob Caplan - MSFT
Rob Caplan - MSFT

Reputation: 21899

Settings files are most appropriate in the ApplicationData folders or ApplicationData.LocalSettings or .RoamingSettings See Store and retrieve settings and other app data

The assets folder is purely a convention. The "assets" name is not special other than to suggest what types of files go in the folder. It is just a useful way to organize the application package to have a place for assets (images, etc.) that are used in the app.

When the app is installed the assets will be in the Package.InstalledLocation directory and can be addressed with an ms-appx:///assets/ URI. Typically this will end up somewhere in \Program Files\WindowsApps\.

Putting a settings file in assets would be a bad idea as the InstalledLocation is read-only and as settings are user data.

There is no hard size limit for files in ApplicationData folders, although if too much data is stored in RoamingFolder then it won't roam. The files will still be available locally.

Upvotes: 0

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