Question

Hi I am trying to create 3 columns in a ListView.

I read this but I want to set the data in each column programtically in C#:

how to display data in rows and columns XAML windows 8

For example I want artist name, song name and artist.

Answer 1

Assuming you have something like this to store your data:

public class SongDetails
{
    public string ArtistName {get; set;}
    public string SongName {get; set;}
    public string Artist {get; set;}
}

And a ListView with a DataTemplate defined (as in the link you provided), just give your ListView a name:

<ListView Name="ListViewSongs">
    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid Width="500" VerticalAlignment="Center">

                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="120" />
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Artist}" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ArtistName}" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding SongName}" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>

Then, from the code-behind, it’s just a case of:

var songDetails = new[]
    {
        new SongDetails {Artist = "a1", ArtistName = "a2", SongName = "a3"},
        new SongDetails {Artist = "b1", ArtistName = "b2", SongName = "b3"}
    };

ListViewSongs.ItemsSource = songDetails;