MetroLog to .Net MAUI in a Simple Way

[mgungorchamp]

I added these two functions

` private static ILoggerFactory loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder => builder.AddStreamingFileLogger(options =>
{
options.RetainDays = 2;
options.FolderPath = Path.Combine(FileSystem.CacheDirectory, "InfoBoardLogs");
}));

public static ILogger Logger(string categoryName) {
    return loggerFactory.CreateLogger(categoryName);
}`

And used in each file I need logging like the following
private readonly ILogger _logger;

_logger = Utilities.Logger(nameof("MyFile"));
or
_logger = Utilities.Logger(nameof(FileDownloadService));

and use anywhere like this

_logger.LogInformation($"**Welcome");

Youtube video showing the usage
https://youtu.be/8CPXDHQlBa0

[roubachof]

You can already get a logger with a static method, so I don't really understand the point of this helper.

private static readonly ILogger Log = LoggerFactory.GetLogger(nameof(DownloadService));

[mgungorchamp]

To shorten the chain of calls, instead of Utilities. LoggerFactory.Create().CreateLogger(categoryName);

[roubachof]

This is a bad way to create loggers: it would mean you create a logger factory for each logger. The correct way has the same length of call that your helper. Look again at my answer.

[mgungorchamp]

It's static, and static is initialized only once. Am I missing something?

[roubachof]

I think you misunderstood, what I mean is that
Utilities.Logger(nameof(FileDownloadService)) has the same chain of calls than LoggerFactory.GetLogger(nameof(DownloadService)).
So I don't see the point of this helper.

[mgungorchamp]

Oh, I must have missed that function exist... that's better. Thank you.