How to store data locally in xamarin for user preferences

Question

In Android we use SharedPreferences to store the UserPreferences locally

I don't want to use Sqlite

1. What do we need to use similar in MvvmCross platform xamarin
2. Which is the best way
3. Any simple samples to learn this

Answer 1

There are several options to store user settings in cross platform projects.

• Use Properties Dictionary available in Xamarin.
• You can also use FileSystem plugin to store values in a file.
• SimpleStorage is a lightweight library to store simple key-value pairs.