Question

i am using the DataBoundApp template for Windows Phone, and in the template the selectedIndex value is passed from MainPage to DetailsPage to define the data context… like this:

    // When page is navigated to set data context to selected item in list
    protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
        string selectedIndex = "";
        if (NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("selectedItem", out selectedIndex))
        {
            int index = int.Parse(selectedIndex);
            DataContext = App.ViewModel.Items[index];
        }
    }

Is this the only way of setting data context or can i select an item with a specific value in it, for example, i would like to set data context to the item which has LineOne = “runtime seven” value…

How can i set that?

EDIT: these are the viewmodel items

    public void LoadData()
    {
        // Sample data; replace with real data
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime one", LineTwo = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum", LineThree = "Facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime two", LineTwo = "Dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus", LineThree = "Suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime three", LineTwo = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis", LineThree = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime four", LineTwo = "Nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar", LineThree = "Ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime five", LineTwo = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum", LineThree = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime six", LineTwo = "Dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus", LineThree = "Pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime seven", LineTwo = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis", LineThree = "Accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime eight", LineTwo = "Nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar", LineThree = "Pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime nine", LineTwo = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum", LineThree = "Facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime ten", LineTwo = "Dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus", LineThree = "Suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime eleven", LineTwo = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis", LineThree = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime twelve", LineTwo = "Nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar", LineThree = "Ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime thirteen", LineTwo = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum", LineThree = "Maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime fourteen", LineTwo = "Dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus", LineThree = "Pharetra placerat pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime fifteen", LineTwo = "Habitant inceptos interdum lobortis", LineThree = "Accumsan bibendum dictumst eleifend facilisi faucibus habitant inceptos interdum lobortis nascetur pharetra placerat" });
        this.Items.Add(new ItemViewModel() { LineOne = "runtime sixteen", LineTwo = "Nascetur pharetra placerat pulvinar", LineThree = "Pulvinar sagittis senectus sociosqu suscipit torquent ultrices vehicula volutpat maecenas praesent accumsan bibendum" });

        this.IsDataLoaded = true;
    }

i don’t want to set data context by index number of the item, but by a specific item value

Answer 1

As long as you can give value the value you are searching for, the below will work.

string value = "runtime seven";

DataContext = App.ViewModel.Items.FirstOrDefault(item => item.LineOne == value);