private static async void ReadUserWordsFile(ApolloDictionary app)
{
var readText = await PCLHelper.ReadAllTextAsync("MyDictionary.txt", App.folder);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(readText))
{
//split the string into sequence of words
string[] separator = { Environment.NewLine };
string[] wordsAndDef = readText.Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//take each word and split it into Name, Definition and Category
//from the file, which is in this model: word1 -> definition1 -> category1,category2,category3
string[] separator2 = { " -> " };
foreach (string wordDef in wordsAndDef)
{
string[] word = wordDef.Split(separator2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
WordDefinition newWord = new WordDefinition
{
Name = word[0],
Definition = word[1],
Category = word[2]
};
try
{
//word is added to the Dictionary
app.AddSingleWord = newWord;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//don't do anything
}
}
//Send a new message when the file was read
MessagingCenter.Send(new ReadDictFiles(), "fileReadingDone");
}
else
{
//call function again until it gets a result from the file
ReadUserWordsFile(app);
}
}
private async void OpenFile()
{
folder = await PCLHelper.CreateFolder("userData");
}
public void writeNewWordsToStorage()
{
//writing in the file
//model used: word1 -> definition1 -> category1,category2,category3
PCLHelper.WriteTextAllAsync("MyDictionary.txt", new_words, App.folder);
}