TryGetLocalPath Method

Gets the local file system path of the item as a string.

Definition

Namespace: Avalonia.Platform.Storage
Assembly: Avalonia.Base (in Avalonia.Base.dll)

C#

public static string? TryGetLocalPath(
	this IStorageItem item
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function TryGetLocalPath ( 
	item As IStorageItem
) As String

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member TryGetLocalPath : 
        item : IStorageItem -> string 

Parameters

  IStorageItem

Storage folder or file.

Return Value

String
Full local path to the folder or file if possible, otherwise null.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IStorageItem. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Android platform usually uses "content:" virtual file paths and Browser platform has isolated access without full paths, so on these platforms this method will return null.

See Also

Reference

StorageProviderExtensions Class
Avalonia.Platform.Storage Namespace