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Realm 20.1.0

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Realm is a mobile database that runs directly on phones, tablets or wearables. It supports all major mobile and desktop operating systems, such as iOS, Android, UWP, macOS, Linux, and Windows. For a full list of supported platforms and their versions, check out the Platform and Framework Compatibility section in the documentation.

Features

• Mobile-first: Realm is the first database built from the ground up to run directly inside phones, tablets, and wearables.
• Simple: Data is directly exposed as objects and queryable by code, removing the need for ORM's riddled with performance & maintenance issues. Plus, we've worked hard to keep our API down to just a few common classes: most of our users pick it up intuitively, getting simple apps up & running in minutes.
• Modern: Realm supports relationships, generics, vectorization and modern C# idioms.
• Fast: Realm is faster than even raw SQLite on common operations while maintaining an extremely rich feature set.
• Device Sync: Makes it simple to keep data in sync across users, devices, and your backend in real-time. Get started for free with a template application and create the cloud backend.

Getting Started

Model definition

Define a persistable model by inheriting from IRealmObject. The Realm source generator will generate an implementation for most of the functionality, so you only need to specify the properties you want to persist:

public partial class Person : IRealmObject
{
 [PrimaryKey]
 public ObjectId Id { get; private set; } = ObjectId.GenerateNewId();

 public string FirstName { get; set; }

 public string LastName { get; set; }

 public DateTimeOffset Birthday { get; set; }

 // You can define constructors as usual
 public Person(string firstName, string lastName)
 {
 FirstName = firstName;
 LastName = lastName;
 }
}

Open a Realm file

Open a Realm instance by calling Realm.GetInstance:

// You can provide a relative or an absolute path to the Realm file or let
// Realm use the default one.
var realm = Realm.GetInstance("people.realm");

CRUD operations

Add, read, update, and remove objects by calling the corresponding API on the Realm instance:

// Always mutate the Realm instance in a write transaction
realm.Write(() =>
{
 realm.Add(new Person("John", "Smith"));
});

var peopleWithJ = realm.All<Person>().Where(p => p.FirstName.StartsWith("J"));

// All Realm collections and objects are reactive and implement INotifyCollectionChanged/INotifyPropertyChanged

peopleWithJ.AsRealmCollection().CollectionChanged += (s, e) =>
{
 // React to notifications
};

For more examples, see the detailed instructions in our User Guide to add Realm to your solution.

Documentation

The documentation can be found at mongodb.com/docs/atlas/device-sdks/sdk/dotnet/. The API reference is located at mongodb.com/docs/realm-sdks/dotnet/latest/.

Getting Help

• Need help with your code?: Look for previous questions on the #realm tag — or ask a new question. You can also check out our Community Forum where general questions about how to do something can be discussed.
• Have a bug to report? Open an issue. If possible, include the version of Realm, a full log, the Realm file, and a project that shows the issue.
• Have a feature request? Open an issue. Tell us what the feature should do, and why you want the feature.