MonoDroid: Path to Assets to unzip a file with .NET framework

Question

I am using the SharpZip .NET Zip Library to unzip a file found in the Assets/MyZipFolder folder.

I need to get the full path so that I can use the following:

ZipInputStream s = new ZipInputStream(File.OpenRead(_zipFile))

How do I get the path to Assets/MyZipFolder/MyZip.zip to pass to a .NET File.OpenRead command?

Assets don't have a physical representation in the filesystem so there is no path. But it should work like in standard Android too: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9544737/read-file-from-assets — zapl, May 13 '12 at 01:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '17 at 03:55

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From your Context you can simply open a read stream using:

 using (var stream = Context.Assets.Open("MyZipFolder/MyZip.zip"))
 { 
      var s = new ZipInputStream(stream);
      // do read here ...
 }

Be careful that the file is marked as an AndroidAsset for build action, the absolute path is: "file:///android_asset" and remember that file names in android are case sensitive.

edited Oct 22 '17 at 03:55

SushiHangover

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answered May 14 '12 at 05:41

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MonoDroid: Path to Assets to unzip a file with .NET framework

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