Reading and using an XML file as a database - Windows Phone 7 app

Question

I have an app which should read the data from an xml file and then use that data.

How can I import an xml file in my app (what's the code for that) and how can I use the data from that xml file?

Here's an example of the xml database I use:

<Data>
  <Animals>
    <A>
      <word>Ant</word>
      <word>Aardwark</word>
    </A>
    <B>
      <word>Bear</word>
      <word>Boa</word>
   </B>
  </Animals>
</Data> 

Also I tried this

XDocument loadedData = XDocument.Load("Data.xml"); 

to read the data from the xml file but didn't work.

Also the in what form can I use the xml data? In other words the xml data would be in a string format or an "X-Something" format?

Update: Maybe Xml Deserialization would work for me?

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

If "Data.xml" is in the root of the project, make sure the Build Action is set to Content and your code should work.