Windows PhoneApplication XML Parsing

we can parse an xml document easily in windows phone applications. for this purpose an example is shown and the code is given below.

make a project with name XMLParsing_Example

1) MainPage.xaml


<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
    x:Class="XMLParsing_Example.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768"
    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
    SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top">

    <!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->


        <!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
        <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
                <RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <Button x:Name="myButton" Grid.Row="0" Height="75" Content="Click forXML Parsing " VerticalAlignment="Top" />

            <ListBox Name="lstEmployee" Grid.Row="2" FontSize="24">
            </ListBox>
        </Grid>
    </Grid>

    <!--Sample code showing usage of ApplicationBar-->
    <!--<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>
        <shell:ApplicationBar IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True">
            <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button1.png" Text="Button 1"/>
            <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button2.png" Text="Button 2"/>
            <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>
                <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 1"/>
                <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 2"/>
            </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>
        </shell:ApplicationBar>
    </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>-->

</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

2) MainPage.xaml.cs


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace XMLParsing_Example
{
    public class Student
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public DateTime Dob { get; set; }
    }

    public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
    {
        // Constructor
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();


            myButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(myButton_Click);
        }
        void myButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {

            // pretend this came from a web service
            string xmlData =
            @"<rootdata>
       <Student firstname='Jitesh' lastname='upadhyay' dob='01/01/2010 12:21:00'/>
       <Student firstname='Jeetu' lastname='upadhyay' dob='01/01/2010 12:20:30' />
      </rootdata>
     ";

            XDocument dataDoc = XDocument.Load(new StringReader(xmlData));

            var studentdata = from students in dataDoc.Descendants("Student")
                              let stamp = DateTime.Parse(students.Attribute("dob").Value)
                              orderby stamp ascending
                              select new Student
                              {
                                  FirstName = students.Attribute("firstname").Value,
                                  LastName = students.Attribute("lastname").Value
                              };

            foreach (Student student in studentdata)
            {
                lstEmployee.Items.Add(student.FirstName + "  " + student.LastName + "  " + student.Dob);
            }


        }
    }
}

3) the out put will be desirable after clicking the button "Click forXML Parsing "