Open rogersm-uwosh opened 1 year ago
adegeo
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1 year ago Hi @rogersm-uwosh
The Platform Differences section explains the path locations for each platform, such as iDrive.
Regarding the notes tutorial, I should probably swap that out for this API as it's the prescribed way to access the folder instead of relying on environment variables.
Let me know if this is the information you're looking for.
rogersm-uwosh
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1 year ago I did figure out what I needed to know - I was merely suggesting an improvement to the documentation so others could get all that info in one spot.
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The Platform Differences sectionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/platform-integration/storage/file-system-helpers?tabs=android#platform-differences explains the path locations for each platform, such as iDrive.
Regarding the notes tutorial, I should probably swap that out for this API as it's the prescribed way to access the folder instead of relying on environment variables.
Let me know if this is the information you're looking for.
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adegeo
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1 year ago Understood. I'm asking about this internally to see what we can clarify. Thank you for raising this question.
davidbritch
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1 year ago @adegeo There's content, buried deep in the Xamarin docs, that lists where the different Environment.SpecialFolder.* properties map on iOS/Android. It's always been planned to bring that content into the MAUI docs (#948), along with guidance on where users should store data.
Nerves82
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1 week ago Is there any documentation on where to store a local database that we DON'T want to get backed up to the cloud via the OS syncing framework? Or a way to prevent backup for said files, such as permissions?
The documentation explains that the App data directory is "To get the app's top-level directory for any files that aren't user data files. These files are backed up with the operating system syncing framework."
I realize that most of the people reading this documentation are long-time Xamarin.forms users, and probably understand exactly what the previous sentence means, but it begs the question -- where should user data files be stored? The cache directory is temporary, so we can't use that; and bundled files are read-only.
After much Googling, it turns out that the App data directory is for iCloud and whatever Google Drive (?) files, so permission is an issue.
After more Googling, and reading over the Notes tutorial, I was able to discover this:
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData)
But it would be nice if the docs spelled this out clearly, or at least mentioned it.
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