How to read a local xml file into a string

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In the root of my solution I have a XML file, which content I want to write to a string, because later I parse this string. What is the easiest way in WP8. I dont want to parse anything, just my string to have the content of the xml file, then I use this string the way I do now. Or the file needs to be txt with xml inside, I dont care. Thanks!

http://stackoverflow.com/a/24976378/131809 – Alex Oct 06 '14 at 11:58 — Alex, Oct 06 '14 at 11:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '14 at 11:52

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how about

using System.Xml.Linq;

// load the file using;
var xDocument = XDocument.Load(@"C:\MyFile.xml");
// convert the xml into string
string xml = xDocument.ToString();

answered Oct 06 '14 at 11:52

Matthew Flynn

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Im on windows PHONE, so no C:\ – v.g. Oct 06 '14 at 11:55
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c:\ is an example path.... you could try changing this when you copy / paste it over?? – Alex Oct 06 '14 at 11:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

You may want to try this :

StreamResourceInfo strm = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("/myProject;component/States.xml",UriKind.Relative)); 
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(strm.Stream);
string xmlData = reader.ReadToEnd();

[Nokia developer community wiki: Parse Local XML file in Windows Phone]

or another possible way as shown in this other SO question : Windows Phone 8 - reading and writing in an existing txt file in the project

How to read a local xml file into a string

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