Settings

[!TIP] This article covers Uno-specific information for managing user preferences. For a full description of the feature and instructions on using it, see Save and load settings in a WinUI app.

• Settings API allows you to store the preferences of the user and preserve them across the launches of the application.

Supported features

Using Settings with Uno

• On each target platform, the native user preferences APIs are used for storage.
• RoamingSettings are not roamed across devices, as this feature has been disabled by WinUI.

Examples

Storing a Setting

ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
localSettings.Values["MySettingName"] = "A user setting";

Reading a setting

ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
var localValue = localSettings.Values["MySettingName"] as string;