How to save files into Specific folders in Android

Question

I am working on migrating the Xamarin Forms App to .NET MAUI 8. I wanted to save files in the Android folder as given in the below Package for backward compatibility.

https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/MediaPlugin

How can I achieve this in Maui .NET 8?

Answer 1

Hello,

This package has been deprecated as it is legacy and is no longer maintained.

Please see Xam.Plugin.Media's nuget package.

If you want to pick or take a photo or video on the device. You can use MediaPicker in MAUI directly without install other packages.

==============Update================

But for backward compatibility, I want to create these folders to show the saved local data.

Ok, please find the AndroidManifest.xml, right-click it, choose Open with, select the source Code(Text) Editor.

Find the <Application> tag, add the <provider > information in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/appicon" android:supportsRtl="true">

  <!--add here-->

    <provider android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"        android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true">

        <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>

    </provider>

</application>


<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
</manifest>

Then create a xml folder in the Platforms/Android/Resources, then create a xml file called file_paths.xml and make sure the buildaction is Androidresource

Copy following content to the file_paths.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<external-files-path name="my_images" path="Pictures" />
<external-files-path name="my_movies" path="Movies" />
</paths>

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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