XmlSerializer does not like any data type

Hi Nathan,

>>WinRT information: Error trying to serialize the value to be written to the application data store Additional information: Data of this type is not supported.

From the description, looks like you are tring to serialize a type which is not supported in WINRT, for example, if you want to serialize a Winrt control, it is inaccessible due to protection level.

>>This seems to happens no matter what type I use in the constructor, even the following gives the error: Dim xml As New XmlSerializer(GetType(String))

If you just need to serialize some string or custom class, you could try the following method:

private string SerializeToString(object obj)
{
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
            using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
                return writer.ToString();
            }
}

Class1:

public class Class1
{
        public string Property1 { get; set; }
        public Class1()
        {
            Property1 = "1";
        }
}

How to use it:

string serializedData = SerializeToString(new Class1());

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