xamarin iOS System.IO.IOException: Sharing violation on path

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FileStream fileStream = File.Open(pdfPath, FileMode.Create);
stream.Position = 0;
stream.CopyTo(fileStream);
fileStream.Flush();
fileStream.Close();

I also use this but still give me the same error

File.WriteAllBytes(pdfPath, bArray);

You could use the following code `using(FileStream sourceStream = File.Open(pdfPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite)) using(FileStream destinationStream = File.Create(new path)) { await sourceStream.CopyToAsync(destinationStream); }` — Lucas Zhang, Dec 20 '19 at 13:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 20 '22 at 23:35

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This is a common C# problem, so if you understand it for C#, you will be able to implement it in your application as well.

The error is caused when you try to Read or Write a file you just created from a separate stream. Solving this is very simple, just dispose the filestream you used in creating it and then you can write to the file freely.

There's many ways of solving this. Since it seems like you don't just want to create the file, but also write to it, you should probably use:

FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(pdfPath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None);

You can use these two links as references: from Xamarin and from Stack Overflow.

edited Jan 20 '22 at 23:35

halfer

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I already try this but still give the same error. – Jasmin Sojitra Dec 23 '19 at 05:02
@JasminSojitra, did you end up figuring this out? – Saamer Mar 26 '21 at 14:21
The `File.WriteAllText(path, content)`, `File.WriteAllBytes(pdfPath, bArray)` eg should handle the close, dispose etc on it's own? – lolelo Jan 12 '22 at 15:45
Yes @lolelo , as you can see in the example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.file.writealltext?view=net-6.0 – Saamer Jan 13 '22 at 17:22

xamarin iOS System.IO.IOException: Sharing violation on path

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