Handling XML data with Windows Phone 7
Data storage and access is nearly an eternal topic in all kinds of
applications. In Windows Phone 7, data manipulation still plays a
fundamental and important role. Regrettably, in the current Windows
Phone 7 Series there is no local database API that can be used. Windows
Phone 7, though, does support access to data in several ways: XML,
Isolated Storage, and Cloud Storage. In this article I will introduce to
you how to handle XML data in Windows Phone 7 for Silverlight
applications. In detail, we'll explore three cases: how to load and
render a local resource-formed XML file; how to abstract components
hidden inside an XAML (XML form in essence) file, and how to obtain
remote XML data via a simple RSS reader sample.
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