Summary

XNA had it easy, a single platform/api and using TitleContainer or StorageContainer to access runtime content not loaded through the Content Pipeline.

However, things are different in the multi-platform world with various limitations or paths for accessing file systems and the recommended guides are not really there to walk through it all.

Requirement

We need a guide that pulls all the relevant information for best practice that covers all platforms, and any peculiarities/considerations a platform might have (bundles for iOS/Android for instance).

It needs to cover:

• System.IO
• TitleContainer
• StorageContainer (when it is available again)
• ??

As well as information specific to a platform if there are special considerations.

• Android
• iOS
• Windows (and handhelds)
• Xbox (public guidance only, non-nda info)
• Playstation (public guidance only, non-nda info)
• Switch (public guidance only, non-nda info)

And any future hardware platforms that MonoGame supports.