Absolute path for the internal storage on iOS device - ios

Question

I am using PCLStorage to interact with local files on both Android and iOS platforms.
I am using the following code snippet.
IFolder rootFolder = await FileSystem.Current.GetFolderFromPathAsync(path);
IFolder folder = await rootFolder.CreateFolderAsync("HandSAppPdf", CreationCollisionOption.OpenIfExists);
IFile file = await folder.CreateFileAsync("Hello.pdf", CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
in the case of Android, I have the
path ="/storage/emulated/0/"
But I am not sure what would be the path in the case of iOS. if anyone can help me out, I would much appreciate that.

Answer 1

Your application’s access to the file system (and other resources such as the network and hardware features) is limited for security reasons. This restriction is known as the Application Sandbox.
Since iOS11, Files App in your phone has been used for users to access the document which an iOS application created. I recommend you to follow this File system access in Xamarin.iOS and its demo. You could generate a new text file in your Application's Documents Folder like this:
public static string WriteFile()
{
var documents = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
var filename = Path.Combine(documents, "Write.txt");
File.WriteAllText(filename, "Write this text into a file!");
return "Text was written to a file." + Environment.NewLine
+ "-----------------" + Environment.NewLine
+ File.ReadAllText(filename);
}
And this file could be accessed through Files App.
Also to allow the user to directly access files in your app, remember to create a new boolean key in the Info.plist file LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace and set it to true.