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c#windows-runtimewindows-phonewindows-phone-8.1win-universal-app

Read text file in project folder in Windows Phone 8.1 Runtime

I want read one file .txt in root folder of my project into my database at first time application launch, but I don't know how to do that. Anyone know how can I do that, please help me... Thanks

I'm working in Windows Phone 8.1 Runtime.

Solution

  • If you want to read a file from your project you can for example do it like this:

    string fileContent;
StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(new Uri(@"ms-appx:///example.txt"));
using (StreamReader sRead = new StreamReader(await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync()))
fileContent = await sRead.ReadToEndAsync();

    Also please ensure that you have set the Build Action of your file as Content (it should be as default).

    More about URI schemes you will find here at MSDN.