Shiny.Extensions.Configuration 1.1.1

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dotnet add package Shiny.Extensions.Configuration --version 1.1.1
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Shiny.Extensions.Configuration -Version 1.1.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Shiny.Extensions.Configuration" Version="1.1.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Shiny.Extensions.Configuration" Version="1.1.1" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Shiny.Extensions.Configuration" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Shiny.Extensions.Configuration --version 1.1.1
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Shiny.Extensions.Configuration, 1.1.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Shiny.Extensions.Configuration@1.1.1
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Shiny.Extensions.Configuration&version=1.1.1
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Shiny.Extensions.Configuration&version=1.1.1
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Xamarin Configuration for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration

Nugets

Release NuGet
Stable Nuget
Preview Nuget (with prereleases)

Builds

Branch Status
Master Build
Dev Build
Preview Build

Features

  • All the power of IConfiguration
  • Load JSON from packaged sources (whitelabellers can unpack, edit, & repack the config)
  • Preferences based configuration source with writebacks
  • Support For
    • Xamarin
      • iOS
      • Android
      • Including Xamarin Forms 😛
    • .NET 6
      • Android
      • iOS
      • Including MAUI 😛

The Problem

Microsoft really did create a great set of abstractions for configuration. You can store a set of key/values, cause a reload when a configuration source changes, & bind to strongly typed objects using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder. On Mobile though, NONE of the current providers aren't really well.

Why?

  • A big feature for IConfiguration, is the ability to trigger a reload of it's source without restarting the application. Changing an appsettings.json file during runtime causes the IConfiguration to trigger a reload notification.
  • Mobile doesn't really have an appsettings.json. Sure you could put this in an embedded resource, but than it is readonly at all times other than the build process... after that - it is locked in place
  • Essentially, IConfiguration becomes a string based dictionary for all intents and purposes - pretty useless considering

The Solution

How Shiny.Extensions.Configuration brings the power of IConfiguration to Mobile!

  • A platform preferences configuration source which allows you to WRITE a value back using IConfiguration[key] = value;
  • A whitelabellers dream - the ability to unpack, change a json config file, and repack without trigger a build by using proper platform directories to load up the JSON files while still having the power of a proper configuration library internally.

Setup

AppSettings JSON
  1. Install the NuGet package 'Shiny.Extensions.Configuration'
  2. Create an appsettings.json file like you would in ASP.NET Core application in your HEAD project.
    • ANDROID: place the file in: Assets. Ensure the build action on the file is set to 'AndroidAsset'
    • iOS: place the file in the ROOT of your project. Ensure the build action on the file is set to 'BundleResource'
  3. Configure your IConfiguration using the following code in your application startup code (ie. Xamarin.Forms App).
// store this in your dependency injection container OR static class
var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .AddJsonPlatformBundle() // NOTE: you can change the name of appsettings.json to something else and pass as an argument here
    .Build();
Preferences Provider

This provider allows writes and persists across application restarts. It is a wrapper around the Android/iOS shared preferences.

  1. Install the NuGet package 'Shiny.Extensions.Configuration'
  2. For this configuration source, nothing special is required, simply add the following to the configuration builder:
var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .AddPlatformPreferences()
    .Build();

NOTE: with the platform preferences provider, changes are supported.

IConfiguration config = ...; // build
config["key"] = "value"; // write - this will cause a persist to the platform prefs and also trigger Option reloated events
Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed.  monoandroid12.0 is compatible. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed.  xamarinios10 is compatible. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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