How does Xamarin iOS read plist?

Wei Wen 1,096

I have a Xamarin app that has iOS binding library. This native library will read a plist if it exist in Main Bundle. I put the plist at the same level where Info.plist is. But I tested that the plist was not read. The plist is json format, and I noticed that Info.plist has xml format. So I changed the plist to xml format. Still the plist was not read. If the plist is successfully read by the binding library, it should happen before AppDelegate's FinishedLaunching is called. Is it possible to make the plist read by the binding library?

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Lex Li (Microsoft) 4,742 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-11-28T07:20:56.487+00:00

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29965875/how-to-read-or-write-data-from-plist-file-in-xamarin-ios
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Wei Wen 1,096 Reputation points

2022-11-28T13:51:24.53+00:00

Thank you, @Anonymous . The link is very helpful. I found that the problem I had was that I didn't change the plist's build action to BundleResource. Once I changed it, it worked.

Philippe Levesque 5,691 Reputation points MVP

2022-11-28T15:33:17.723+00:00

Hi, if you found the answer I recommand to write it as an answer, and to mark it answered, it might help other which can have the same issue.

Wei Wen 1,096 Reputation points

2022-11-28T15:37:27.35+00:00

Are you and lextm the same person? I can only convert my own post as an answer. When I click "More" in your post, all I can choose is "Report".

Wei Wen 1,096 Reputation points

2022-11-28T15:38:07.003+00:00

I think you can convert your post as the answer.
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How does Xamarin iOS read plist?

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