File Picker Control In Windows 10 UWP

FilePicker represents a control that allows a user to pick a file.

Step 1: Create a Blank Windows 10 Universal App (C#) and enter App Name.

  

 

Step 2:

Next add one Button and two Textblock controls for displaying information from the toolbox then change the button name to SelectAPicture and TextBlock2 Name: OutputTextBlock.

 

 

 

Step 3: Add the following namespace.

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Windows.Storage.Pickers;
using   Windows.Storage;

Copy and paste the following code to the SelectAPicture Button event in the cs page.

private async void SelectAPicture _Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
            FileOpenPicker openPicker = new FileOpenPicker();
            openPicker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.Thumbnail;
            openPicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.PicturesLibrary;
            openPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".jpg");
            openPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".jpeg");
            openPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".png");
            StorageFile file = await openPicker.PickSingleFileAsync();
            if (file != null)
            {

                OutputTextBlock.Text = "Selected Photo:" + file.Name;
            }
            else
            {
                OutputTextBlock.Text = "Operation cancelled.";
            }
}

Step 4: Run your application and select a picture, It will be shown in our OutputTextBlock.

 

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