Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Defining a Data Template

So far you have written code that downloads RSS content, using an instance of the FeedItem class. As you learned for WPF, in XAML-based development platforms, presenting data requires you to define a data template. In this case, you need to define one to represent every instance of the FeedItem class. In the App.xaml code file, add the following definition:

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<Application    x:Class="UniversalReader.App"    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"    xmlns:local="using:UniversalReader"    RequestedTheme="Light">    <Application.Resources>        <DataTemplate x:Key="FeedTemplate">            <Border BorderBrush="Black" ...