Access to path denied (Xamarin/Android)

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You should enable READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permissions in Android. You can follow this blog to enable the permission in runtime https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/requesting-runtime-permissions-in-android-marshmallow/

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Updated on June 04, 2022

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I am running Windows 10, Visual Studio 2015, and Xamarin. I am rather new to Xamarin (just to set the ground level). I am currently having an issue after I updated recently. My application was working before the update. All my files were read-only, and I had no issues prior the update. Along with that, I have rebuilt the project and I the "clean and rebuild" for the project as well. I have tried it with multiple apps I have, and the other applications do not have this issue. The issue I am getting the following error below.

06-26 13:51:55.108 I/MonoDroid( 6985): UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985): System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "/storage/emulated/0/defaultDirectory/users.ini" is denied.
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, System.IO.FileMode mode, System.IO.FileAccess access, System.IO.FileShare share, System.Int32 bufferSize, System.Boolean anonymous, System.IO.FileOptions options) [0x001f1] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, System.IO.FileMode mode, System.IO.FileAccess access, System.IO.FileShare share, System.Int32 bufferSize, System.IO.FileOptions options, System.String msgPath, System.Boolean bFromProxy, System.Boolean useLongPath, System.Boolean checkHost) [0x00000] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.FileStream:.ctor (string,System.IO.FileMode,System.IO.FileAccess,System.IO.FileShare,int,System.IO.FileOptions,string,bool,bool,bool)
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path, System.Text.Encoding encoding, System.Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, System.Int32 bufferSize, System.Boolean checkHost) [0x00067] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path, System.Text.Encoding encoding, System.Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, System.Int32 bufferSize) [0x00000] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path, System.Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks) [0x0000d] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path) [0x00000] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.StreamReader:.ctor (string)
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at System.IO.File.OpenText (System.String path) [0x00000] in <3fd174ff54b146228c505f23cf75ce71>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at QykAndroidApp.AdminLoginActivity.decryptUsers () [0x00033] in <65a7af1659a443738d96e6c2b7534ab2>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at QykAndroidApp.AdminLoginActivity.OnCreate (Android.OS.Bundle savedInstanceState) [0x0008a] in <65a7af1659a443738d96e6c2b7534ab2>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at Android.App.Activity.n_OnCreate_Landroid_os_Bundle_ (System.IntPtr jnienv, System.IntPtr native__this, System.IntPtr native_savedInstanceState) [0x0000f] in <d855bac285f44dda8a0d8510b679b1e2>:0 
06-26 13:51:55.142 I/MonoDroid( 6985):   at (wrapper dynamic-method) System.Object:28564880-3429-412d-9c61-4f5bb9fc103e (intptr,intptr,intptr)
06-26 13:51:55.153 W/art     ( 6985): JNI RegisterNativeMethods: attempt to register 0 native methods for android.runtime.JavaProxyThrowable
An unhandled exception occured.

I've read few articles such as (I posted the Google search for the 3rd item because I read almost everything in the top results). I've tried running the program as an administrator and the directory has open access to anyone.

For anyone curious on the code of how I am accessing my file, it is below.

 private List<string> readUsers()
    {
        adminUsers = new List<string>();
        try
        {
            StreamReader readerForFile;

            //create checks for making sure the card is mounted, the directory is found, and the file is found. 
            var filePath = Path.Combine(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.Path, "defaultDirectory/users.ini");

            File.SetAttributes(filePath, FileAttributes.Normal);

            if (File.Exists(filePath))
            {
                //Reads enttire document
                //var fillContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
                readerForFile = File.OpenText(filePath);
                if (readerForFile == null) { return null; }
                else
                {
                    string line = "";
                    int counter = 0;
                    while ((line = readerForFile.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        adminUsers.Add(line);
                        counter++;
                    }
                }
            }

        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            //You'll need to add proper error handling here
            alert.SetMessage("File was not found. " + e).SetNeutralButton("Okay", delegate { QuestionActivity.exit(); }).Create().Show();
        }

        return adminUsers;
    }