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Arpan Sharma
Arpan Sharma

Reputation: 31

How to use open file dialog in xamarin forms

Please help me, I want to pick the pdf file locally in xamarin forms(cross platform). So on a button click i need to open the file dialog to pick pdf file locally.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5192

Answers (1)

Gerald Versluis
Gerald Versluis

Reputation: 33993

This is not something that can be done in a true cross-platform way. For example; on iOS you cannot access the filesystem directly, while on Android and UWP you can.

I have created a NuGet Xamarin.Plugin.FilePicker (Github) (original by rafaelrmou), which tries to solve this for you. On iOS you need iCloud Drive to be configured.

If you do not want to use the plugin you could always look into the code and roll your own.

Upvotes: 7

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