public static async Task <List <MasterDictionary> > Load(string FileName) { List <MasterDictionary> DataList = new List <MasterDictionary>(); Windows.Storage.StorageFolder storageFolder = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder; var file = await storageFolder.TryGetItemAsync(FileName); if (file != null) { Windows.Storage.FileProperties.BasicProperties basicProperties = await file.GetBasicPropertiesAsync(); if (basicProperties.Size > 0) { using (var Stream = await storageFolder.OpenStreamForReadAsync(FileName)) { //starts to hang here System.Xml.XmlDictionaryReader XmlReader = System.Xml.XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(Stream, new System.Xml.XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()); //doesn't get further than here?? System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractSerializer Serializer = new System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractSerializer(typeof(List <MasterDictionary>)); var data = (MasterDictionary)Serializer.ReadObject(XmlReader); DataList.Add(data); } return(DataList); } else { return(new List <MasterDictionary>()); } //return new List<MasterDictionary>(); } else { //Console.WriteLine("No File Found"); return(new List <MasterDictionary>()); } }
async private void ReadBookmarks() { ObservableCollection <BookmarkNode> bookmarks; Windows.Storage.StorageFolder localFolder = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder; try { var serializer = new JsonSerializer(); using (var bookmarkStream = await localFolder.OpenStreamForReadAsync("bookmarks.json")) using (var sr = new StreamReader(bookmarkStream)) using (var jsonTextReader = new JsonTextReader(sr)) { bookmarks = serializer.Deserialize <ObservableCollection <BookmarkNode> >(jsonTextReader); } } catch { bookmarks = new ObservableCollection <BookmarkNode>(); } Bookmarks = bookmarks; OnPropertyChanged("Bookmarks"); }