c# - Xamarin: Deserializing XML - "There is an error in XML document" -

in order use xml files in xamarin-forms project, i'm trying recreate steps given in example code , error message:

an exception of type 'system.invalidoperationexception' occurred in system.xml.xmlserializer.dll not handled in user code

additional information: there error in xml document (2, 2).

the example code works fine way.

this xml file use (as embedded resource):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <items>   <item>     <name>one</name>     <state>alpha</state>   </item>   <item>     <name>two</name>     <state>two</state>   </item> </items> 

this c# code use:

using system; using xamarin.forms; using system.reflection; using system.io; using system.xml.serialization; using system.collections.generic;  namespace xmltestproject {     public class xmlcontentpage : contentpage     {         public xmlcontentpage()         {              //get access xml file             var assembly = gettype().gettypeinfo().assembly;             stream stream = assembly.getmanifestresourcestream("xmltestproject.xmlfile.xml");             list<item> items;             using (var reader = new system.io.streamreader(stream))             {                 var serializer = new xmlserializer(typeof(list<item>));                 items = (list<item>)serializer.deserialize(reader);             }             var listview = new listview();             listview.itemssource = items;              content = new stacklayout             {                 children = {                     listview                 }             };         }     }      public class item     {         public string name { get; set; }         public string state { get; set; }          public override string tostring()         {             return name;         }     } } 

i'm using visual studio 2015 community edition , xamarin.forms 2.2.0.5-pre2

the xml should have arrayofitem instead of items :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <arrayofitem>   <item>     <name>one</name>     <state>alpha</state>   </item>   <item>     <name>two</name>     <state>two</state>   </item> </arrayofitem>