How to open files on Xamarin Android?

Question

Can I do something like OpenFileDialog( ) ? I want to allow the users to look at files on their device and open them. Also to save them.

Like I normally do:

OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog1.Title = "File Open";
try
  {

     if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK){

                }

etc.

Thanks.

RON

Answer 1

Hello,

Can I do something like OpenFileDialog( ) ? I want to allow the users to look at files on their device and open them. Also to save them.

Yes, if you want to do that.

For Android 11 or later, you need to request manage_external_storage Permission in Xamarin.Android

For android 10 or before, you can continue to set requestLegacyExternalStorage to true in your app's manifest file and request read and write external storage permission at the runtime.

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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