[MonoTouch] Strange issue iOS5.1 vs Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal

[Nic Wise]

I had the same problem with a running app - which I've not updated for
a while. Rebuild, and it works...

Now to wait for Apple.

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 01:19, Karl Heinz Brehme Arredondo
<karl at e-magesolutions.com> wrote:
> Hi Sebastien,
>
> I see now that I'm since this week with 5.2.5 version… Well.. I think that
> now it's just recompile and publish new version for users…
> I just didn't reproduce it again now, also with the application compiled
> with previous to 5.2.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl
>
> From: Sebastien Pouliot <sebastien at xamarin.com>
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:10:04 -0500
> To: Karl Heinz Brehme Arredondo <karl at e-magesolutions.com>
> Cc: "monotouch at lists.ximian.com" <monotouch at lists.ximian.com>
> Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] Strange issue iOS5.1 vs
> Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal
>
> Hello Karl,
>
> AFAIK this error is caused by a change in iOS 5.1 that does not allow
> everyone to write to `stdout` (and return an access denied).
>
> It should only occurs when using "Console.WriteLine" and was fixed in
> MonoTouch 5.2.4 [1] (where the exception will be ignored, i.e. no
> writing on `stdout`).
>
> If you cannot update to 5.2.4 then you can try:
>
> a) calling: Console.SetOut (new StreamWriter (Stream.Null));
>
> b) add #if DEBUG ... #endif around the Console.WriteLine from your
> application (so they won't reach your users)
>
> Regards,
> Sebastien
>
> [1] http://docs.xamarin.com/MonoTouch_5.2#Changes_in_MonoTouch_5.2.4
>
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