Return XML from MVC controller

Question

Whats the best way to return XML data from an MVC controller? I am using Visual Studio 2015. I have tried this but it didn't work:

return new XmlResult(s);

Answer 1

return this.Content(xmlString, "text/xml", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);

Answer 2

You could use

 public ActionResult Index()
    {
        ViewBag.Title = "Home Page";
        string xmlData="<xml ?>.....";
        return Content(xmlData, "text/xml", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
   }

to return a built XML string from an action.