How to parse single xml node in windows phone?

Parse single XML node in Windows Phone

• How to parse single xml node in Windows Phone, I have described my web service result in code: void abcd_Completed(object sender, ServiceReference1.abcdCompletedEventArgs e) { Xdocument doc = XDocument.Parse(e.Result); } my e.Result is <root>1234</root> if I run this code in emulator, I am getting the result but in device it returns error like this: "Data at Root level is invalid" how to solve this..I am stuck here.Thanks!!

• Answer:

  Data at Root level is invalid most likely means, that xml file has invalid structure. Note, that each xml file must start with header node: <?xml version="1.0"?> If your xml file doesn't have this header, XDocument.Parse method would not parse this file, as an xml. Also, here's an http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb345532.aspx at MSDN. See, how the xml file should look like. Now, your whole file looks like this: <root>1234</root> It's not an XML file. XML file should look like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root>1234</root> Then you can access the root value: string root = doc.Descendants("root").FirstOrDefault().Value;