async Task ReadRecipeBook()
{
StorageFolder localFolder = ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder;
try
{
// Getting JSON from file if it exists, or file not found exception if it does not
StorageFile textFile = await localFolder.GetFileAsync("recipeFile.txt");
using (IRandomAccessStream textStream = await textFile.OpenReadAsync())
{
// Read text stream
using (DataReader textReader = new DataReader(textStream))
{
//get size
uint textLength = (uint)textStream.Size;
await textReader.LoadAsync(textLength);
// read it
string jsonContents = textReader.ReadString(textLength);
// deserialize back to our product!
List <RecipeClass> recipe_Current = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <RecipeClass> >(jsonContents);
// and show it
foreach (RecipeClass recipe in recipe_Current)
{
RecipeCard_Image newRecipeCard = new RecipeCard_Image();
newRecipeCard.RecipeID = recipe.ID.ToString();
newRecipeCard.Name = recipe.ID.ToString();
newRecipeCard.RecipeTitle = recipe.Name;
newRecipeCard.RecipeDescription = recipe.Description;
newRecipeCard.RecipeImage = "";
newRecipeCard.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
newRecipeCard.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center;
if (grid_desktab.Visibility == Visibility.Collapsed)
{
var bounds = ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().VisibleBounds;
var size = bounds.Width;
var sizeMin = size - 50;
newRecipeCard.Width = sizeMin;
Recipe_FlipView.Items.Add(newRecipeCard);
}
else
{
newRecipeCard.MinWidth = 450;
Recipe_FlipView_Desktab.Items.Add(newRecipeCard);
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
// Exceptions everywhere
}
}
private void newCard(string ID, string Title, string Descrition, ImageBrush Image)
{
var bounds = ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().VisibleBounds;
var size = bounds.Width;
var sizeMin = size - 50;
RecipeCard.Width = sizeMin;
RecipeCard_Image newRecipeCard = new RecipeCard_Image();
newRecipeCard.RecipeID = "000000001";
newRecipeCard.Name = newRecipeCard.RecipeID;
newRecipeCard.RecipeTitle = "Created Title";
newRecipeCard.RecipeDescription = "Write this down because it exists.";
newRecipeCard.RecipeImage = "";
newRecipeCard.Width = sizeMin;
newRecipeCard.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
newRecipeCard.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center;
Recipe_FlipView.Items.Add(newRecipeCard);
}