Question

[andylupu]

How are the games stored , after the user adds it on the app ?

[lpeyr]

Gavilya stores a game's information in a GameInfo class. This GameInfo class is then stores in a List (in the Definitions class) which will be saved in a .gav file using XML serialization. This file is available in %APPDATA%\Gavilya.
This process is handled by the GameSaver class:

Gavilya/Gavilya/Classes/GameSaver.cs

Lines 38 to 53 in ec7d8a6

	internal static void Save(List<GameInfo> games)
	{
	string filePath = Definitions.Profiles[Definitions.Settings.CurrentProfileIndex].SaveFilePath;
	List<GameInfo> gameInfos = games;
	XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new(gameInfos.GetType()); // XML Serializer
	if (!Directory.Exists(AppDataPath + @"\Gavilya")) // If the directory doesn't exist
	{
	Directory.CreateDirectory(AppDataPath + @"\Gavilya"); // Create the directory
	}
	StreamWriter streamWriter = new(filePath); // The place where the file is gonna be writen
	xmlSerializer.Serialize(streamWriter, games); // Create the file
	streamWriter.Dispose();
	}

The List where the games are stored:

Gavilya/Gavilya/Classes/Definitions.cs

Lines 158 to 161 in ec7d8a6

	/// <summary>
	/// The games that are added to the <see cref="MainWindow"/>.
	/// </summary>
	public static List<GameInfo> Games = new();

The GameInfo class:

Gavilya/Gavilya/Classes/GameInfo.cs

Lines 31 to 108 in ec7d8a6

	public class GameInfo
	{
	/// <summary>
	/// Description of the game.
	/// </summary>
	public string Description { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// Name of the game.
	/// </summary>
	public string Name { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The location of the game.
	/// </summary>
	public string FileLocation { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The version of the game.
	/// </summary>
	public string Version { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The location of the Icon of the game.
	/// </summary>
	public string IconFileLocation { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The name of the process to look for when the game is started. Empty by default.
	/// </summary>
	public string ProcessName { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// <para>The RAWG id of the game.</para>
	/// <para>If the Id is <c>-1</c>, then there is no RAWG id associated.</para>
	/// </summary>
	public int RAWGID { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The last time the game was launched.
	/// </summary>
	public int LastTimePlayed { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The total time the game was played.
	/// </summary>
	public int TotalTimePlayed { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// <see cref="true"/> if the game is a favorite, <see cref="false"/> if not.
	/// </summary>
	public bool IsFavorite { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The game available platforms.
	/// </summary>
	public List<SDK.RAWG.Platform> Platforms { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// The stores where the game is available on.
	/// </summary>
	public List<SDK.RAWG.Store> Stores { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// True if Gavilya should always check if the game is running.
	/// </summary>
	public bool AlwaysCheckIfRunning { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// True if the Game is a Xbox/UWP game.
	/// </summary>
	public bool IsUWP { get; set; }
	/// <summary>
	/// True if the game uses Steam URI to launch/or requires Steam.
	/// </summary>
	public bool IsSteam { get; set; }
	}