Visual Studio Express 2013: Binding a REST Feed to an XAML Visual Basic Store App - GroupedItemsPage (From Template)

Question

I would like to know if anyone has had any luck or knows how bind a simple REST XML feed to a Visual Studio 2013 GroupedItemsPage.xaml. I really can't find anything on it anywhere that explains this at all.

The feed I want to bind is something like this:

http://www.nhtsa.gov/webapi/api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2012/make/bmw/model/3-series?format=xml

If someone can assist in providing guidance on hooking into an external XML feed in Visual Basic (not JavaScript or C). 

Thanks all

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M. Frenchik Developer At Large

Answer 1

Hi,

You can deserialize the XML into a List and bind it to the ItemsSource of the GridView/ ListView in GroupedItemsPage.xaml .You can refer to the links to know how to deseralize in WinRT:

http://irisclasson.com/2012/07/11/example-metro-app-winrt-serializing-and-deseralizing-objects-using-xmlserializer-to-storagefile-and-localfolder-using-generics-and-asyncawait-threading/

http://www.kunal-chowdhury.com/2012/11/win8dev-tutorial-windows-store-winrt-xml-serialization.html

See how to bind list to GridView:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/Hh780650.aspx

And also you can refer to the link below:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/599505/Databind-XML-Feed-in-Windows

Best Wishes!

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Answer 2

I appreciate the links. They are what I am looking for in concept, but they again are in C.  I am looking for some guidance on how to do this in Visual Basic.

Thanks in advance for the assist.

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M. Frenchik Developer At Large

Answer 3

Hi,

VB and C# are extremely similar.  You should be able to read the C# and make the adjustments as they use the exact same objects. 

Best Wishes!

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