Step By Step Creation Of File Picker In Universal Windows App

Step 1 - Create Windows Universal Project

Open Visual Studio 2015 and click File -> New -> Project Option for New Universal App.



Step 2 - Giving the Project Name

Then, New Project window will open. There, select Installed -> Template -> Visual C# -> Windows -> Universal and select a Blank App (Universal Windows).

Type the Project Name as FilePickerApp and click the OK button.



Step 3 - Setting the platform Versions

Here, we choose the Target Version and Minimum Version for our Universal Windows application. Click OK button,



Step 4 - Choose Designer Window



Now, go to the Solution Explorer and open the MainPage.xaml for design.

Step 5 - Designing the App

In the MainPage.xaml designing page, drag the Textblock button control from the tool box. Then, go to the Property window and change the Text as Select File.



Next, drag the button control from the tool box. Go to the Property window and change the Name as buttonfilepick and change content as Choose File.



Now, drag the Textblock button control from the tool box for output and change the Name as TextBlockoutput and Text as Empty.



Step 6 - Add the Coding

To add the coding, double click on the Button Control and add the mentioned source code.