You can save files from a Xamarin.Forms WebView in iOS using the following steps:
AllowFileAccessFromFileURLs
property in your info.plist
file. This allows your app to access local files from the WebView.DownloadStarted
event in your WebView so that you can intercept the URL of the file being downloaded.NSUrlSessionDownloadTask
class to download the file to a local folder on the device.Here is the sample code:
info.plist
file:<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key> <true/>
</dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
<true/>
DownloadStarted
event in your WebView:webView.DownloadStarted += WebView_DownloadStarted;
private void WebView_DownloadStarted(object sender, DownloadEventArgs e)
{
// intercept file download URL and download file
DownloadFile(e.Url);
}
NSUrlSessionDownloadTask
class to download the file:private async void DownloadFile(string url)
{
var filename = Path.GetFileName(url);
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var bytes = await client.GetByteArrayAsync(url);
var documents = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
var filepath = Path.Combine(documents, filename);
File.WriteAllBytes(filepath, bytes);
// show alert that file has been downloaded
var alert = UIAlertController.Create("Download Complete",
$"File '{filename}' has been saved to '{documents}'", UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
alert.AddAction(UIAlertAction.Create("OK", UIAlertActionStyle.Default, null));
PresentViewController(alert, true, null);
}
}
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Asked: 2022-07-25 11:00:00 +0000
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Last updated: Dec 06 '21
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