Context.GetDatabasePath(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Content

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a database created with #openOrCreateDatabase is stored.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getDatabasePath", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/File;", "GetGetDatabasePath_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
public abstract Java.IO.File? GetDatabasePath (string? name);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getDatabasePath", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/File;", "GetGetDatabasePath_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member GetDatabasePath : string -> Java.IO.File

Parameters

name: String

The name of the database for which you would like to get its path.

Returns

File

An absolute path to the given database.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a database created with #openOrCreateDatabase is stored.

The returned path may change over time if the calling app is moved to an adopted storage device, so only relative paths should be persisted.

Java documentation for android.content.Context.getDatabasePath(java.lang.String).

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