How to read a text file line by line Windows RT?

Question

i just cant find a clean explanation on how to read a text file, line by line in Windows RT ( for Windows 8 Store).

Lets say i have a folder: MyFolder/Notes.txt

And i want to read the data from Notes.txt and add it to an array of strings.

How do i read/write from that file? I was using StreamReader before, but now it is very confusing. And the dev samples dont help that much.

Answer 1

Ive managed to find the answer myself. Thanks for the help.

    // READ FILE
    public async void ReadFile()
    {
        // settings
        var path = @"MyFolder\MyFile.txt";
        var folder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;


        // acquire file
        var file = await folder.GetFileAsync(path);
        var readFile = await Windows.Storage.FileIO.ReadLinesAsync(file);
        foreach (var line in readFile)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("" + line.Split(';')[0]);
        }
     }

MyFile.txt has:

Test1;Description1;

Test2;Description2;

//Output for ReadFile()

Test1

Test2