Convert XML/HTML from RSS feed into something usefull?

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I’m building an Windows Universal App for a Raspberry Pi 2. I used the System.Data-library (DataSet) for interpretation of this kind of info:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
    <channel>
        <title>TV 2 - alle nyheder</title>
        <description>Nyheder fra tv2.dk</description>
        <link>http://tv2.dk</link>
        <lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:30:23 GMT</lastBuildDate>
        <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
        <image>
            <title>TV 2 - alle nyheder</title>
            <url>http://tv2.dk/profiles/tv2/modules/custom/t2zerowing/pkg/img/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png</url>
            <link>http://tv2.dk</link>
        </image>
        <copyright>Copyright © TV 2 DANMARK A/S. All rights reserved</copyright>
        <generator>Feed for Node.js</generator>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[DF hiver Søren Pind i samråd om flygtningesituation]]></title>
            <link>http://politik.tv2.dk/2015-09-13-df-hiver-soeren-pind-i-samraad-om-flygtningesituation</link>
            <guid>http://politik.tv2.dk/node/68459</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://drupal-images.tv2.dk/sites/images.tv2.dk/files/t2img/2015/09/13/960x540/168641983-20150618-220158-L.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Dansk Folkeparti vil have justitsministeren til at redegøre for flygtningesituationen, som de kalder kaotisk.</p>

<p>Dansk Folkeparti kræver nu justitsminister Søren Pind (V) i samr&ar...</p>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[-]]></content:encoded>
            <author>
                <name>Ritzau</name>
            </author>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[TV 2 LIVECENTER: Tyskland vil indføre grænsekontrol]]></title>
            <link>http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/2015-09-12-tv-2-livecenter-tyskland-vil-indfoere-graensekontrol</link>
            <guid>http://drupal-nyhederne.tv2.dk/node/861893</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:24:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://drupal-images.tv2.dk/sites/images.tv2.dk/files/t2img/2015/09/12/960x540/168197093-25658936-TV%202%20LIVECENTER.png.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>TV 2 Nyhederne giver dig dagens historier i TV 2 LIVECENTER.</p>
]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[-]]></content:encoded>
            <author>
                <name>Jakob Binderup</name>
            </author>
        </item>

But now that I’m targeting Universal App, I get lots of compile errors, because the assemblies I added myself (System.Data, and a few others) won’t compile to Universal App, because they are not supported.
Do any of you guys know a quick and handy way to somehow convert this XML/HTML kinda info into strings?
NOTICE: In the “description” attribute is BOTH located the URL for the image, AND the main text, which I would like to get separated

Rasmus

3

Found the sleekest answer for Rss feeds (see the link below). The unity package is provided for free too.

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/rss-reading-into-unity-example.61332/

I made several attempts at the deserialization efforts and it would only partially come through. I have a feel it had something to do with the RSS element as a XLMroot or something like that. Anyway, the package above is still relevant and easily modifiable. Also, make sure you’re URL to your xml file doesn’t have a “https” but make sure it’s “http”. For some reason it didn’t place nicely with the security protocol version.

OJ

2

Their is a lot of XML serialize out their.

This one for example: Yet Another XML Serialization Library for the .NET Framework - CodeProject

Which one is best for your work is probably only you that knows.

Search for C# XML library and you will get tons of results.