How to parse XML file and set as ItemsSource in .NET MAUI DataGrid(SfDataGrid)?

To parse an XML file include it as an EmbeddedResource in the portable project. To set data from the XML as ItemsSource of .NET MAUI DataGrid, parse the XML data as stream and Deserialize the stream into a Collection using XmlSerializer.

Refer the below code example in which data from an XML file is parsed and set as ItemsSource for the SfDataGrid.

    public MainPage()
   {
       InitializeComponent();
       var assembly = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
       Stream? stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("SfDataGridSample.Repository.xml");
       ObservableCollection<OrderInfo> OrdersInfo;
       XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ObservableCollection<OrderInfo>));
       OrdersInfo = (ObservableCollection<OrderInfo>)serializer.Deserialize(stream!)!;
       dataGrid.ItemsSource = OrdersInfo;
   } 

On executing the above code, the following output is obtained.

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Conclusion

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