How to read a local json file and display

Question

newbie here,I could not find any example on Xamarin Forms read a local json file and display it. I need to do a local testing to read the local Json file.

1) Where do I save the json file for reading? in Android and iOS Projects or just in PCL project?

2) How to read the file?

here the code but it is not complete as I dont how to read the file.

using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream))
{


var json = reader.ReadToEnd();

var rootobject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(json);

whateverArray  = rootobject.Whatever;

}

The code miss the Path and others which required.

Answer 1

You can directly add your JSON file in PCL. Then change build action to Embedded Resource

Now you can read Json data by:

    var assembly = typeof("<ContentPageName>").GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
        Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Your_File.json");

    using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream))
        {

            var json = reader.ReadToEnd();
            var data= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Model>(json);
        }