显示xml文件中的一个项目并将其显示为c＃

Question

I am creating an app for windows phone and i am searching the lyrics and need to display the data from the xml. Now i know how to do this for many items in listbox, but the xml data i receive is only ever going to have one option. http://lyrics.wikia.com/api.php?artist=pharrell%20williams&song=happy&fmt=xml There is an example of the xml i am trying to parse and display.

So any idea/ tips on how i would go around just parsing this one entry and displaying it to the textbox. the only thing i am after is the lyrics data and the URL as that's all i will be displaying on the page.

Answer 1

You can use linq-to-xml to query specific information from xml. Following is an example to get lyrics and url using linq-to-xml :

var doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
var lyrics = doc.Root.Element("lyrics").Value;
var url = doc.Root.Element("url").Value;

With that, lyrics and url information extracted and ready to be displayed in textbox or any other control of choice. Note: xml is xml string downloaded from link in the question.