Embedio: EmbedIO in StaticFileModule in Android

[erossini]

I'm implementing a backend for testers with EmbedIO (Github here). It is working beautifully with iOS. But in Android I can't find a solution.

In iOS I create this dependency from the Xamarin project:

public class WebServer : Interfaces.IWebServer
{
    public IWebModule CreateWebModule()
    {
        return new Unosquare.Labs.EmbedIO.Modules.StaticFilesModule(NSBundle.MainBundle.ResourcePath);
    }
}

In this function in iOS I can use NSBundle.MainBundle.ResourcePath but I can't find an equivalent for Android. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

[geoperez]

I'm not familiar with mobile development, but maybe you can try the ResourceFilesModule. This module is similar to StaticFilesModule but using resources from an assembly.

[erossini]

It seems it doesn’t work. I have a similar issue with UWP: I can have a instance of the webserver but I can’t reach the page or I receive a blank screen.

I pass the Assembly and the path of assets folder.

[geoperez]

The 'resourcePath' argument is the full path to the resource including the namespace.
For example, if your assembly contains a Program class, a Resources folder and the default namespace is MyCompany.MyApp:

var moduleInstance = new ResourceFilesModule(typeof(Program).Assembly, "MyCompany.MyApp.Resources");

[erossini]

Maybe you need some background. I'm creating a backend for Xamarin and I have projects for iOS, Android, UWP and macOS.

In UWP I have some files in a folder called Webserver under the Assets folder. I want to show this files. I wrote this code:

    public IWebModule CreateWebModule()
    {
        StorageFolder appInstalledFolder = 
                                Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;
        string pth = Path.Combine(appInstalledFolder.Path, "Assets\\Webserver");
        return new Unosquare.Labs.EmbedIO.Modules.StaticFilesModule(pth);
  }

I start the WebServer like that:

        var webServer = new WebServer(urlPrefixes);
        webServer.RegisterModule(new WebApiModule());
        webServer.Module<WebApiModule>().RegisterController<TestController>();
        webServer.RegisterModule(fileModule);
        await webServer.RunAsync();

This is working with iOS.

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