Adding files to WP7 isolated storage from Visual Studio?

Question

I\'m working on an Windows Phone 7 app where I\'m going to show ATM\'s nere your location with bing maps.

I have an xml-file with addresses and gps coordinates. But

Answer 1

Files listed as content in the Visual Studio project are copied to the generated XAP file (which is analogous to a ZIP file). They are not copied to isolated storage.

In the case of an XML file, you can call XmlReader.Create with the path to the file as argument, as follows:

using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("path/to/file.xml"))
{
    // read XML file here
}

Or you can also call Application.GetResourceStream and use the Stream property of the returned StreamResourceInfo object:

StreamResourceInfo sri = Application.GetResourceStream(
    new Uri("path/to/file.xml", UriKind.Relative));
// read XML file here from sri.Stream, e.g. using a StreamReader object