Question

I have this grid, containing a template:

<Grid x:Name="Bar" Width="400">
    <Grid.Resources>
        <DataTemplate x:Name="ScoreText">
            <Grid Grid.Column="{Binding Col}">
                <Rectangle Fill="Red"/>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Value}" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </Grid.Resources>
</Grid

I want to insert an instance of the template into the containing grid, Bar. Here’s what I’m doing:

FrameworkElement item = (FrameworkElement) ScoreText.LoadContent();
item.DataContext = new { Col = 0, Value = 100 };
Bar.Children.Add(item);

This works in the XAML designer in visual studio, but fails to bind correctly on the phone.

What do I need to do to make this work?

Answer 1

Anonymous types don’t work, since only properties can be bound to. Adding:

public struct Data {
    public int Col {get; set;}
    public string Value {get; set;}
}

And changing

item.DataContext = new { Col = 0, Value = 100 };

to

item.DataContext = new Data { Col = 0, Value = 100 };

makes it work