How to serialize list of custom objects for instance state in Xamarin for Android?

Asked Dec 14 '15 at 09:13

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I've got a generic list as data source for my activity. Now I want to save this list in instance state.

In native Android applications this can be done very easily - I just let my custom model implement Serializable - as the generic ArrayList implements Serializable too, I can simply use

bundle.putSerializable(myList)

to save it to instance state.

The List<T> in Xamarin doesn't implement Java.IO.ISerializable. So how to put my list in instance state here?

Any ideas how to do this in Xamarin for Android?

Crosspost from https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/57637/how-to-serialize-list-of-custom-objects-for-instance-state

asked Dec 14 '15 at 09:13

Martin H.

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I usually just serialize myself using 'JsonConvert.(De)SerializeObject' from Json.Net. – Kai Brummund Dec 14 '15 at 13:15
That's of course a solution - I thought there's something built in. – Martin H. Dec 14 '15 at 14:15
There is also XmlSerializer out of the box. – Miha Markic Dec 14 '15 at 14:30

How to serialize list of custom objects for instance state in Xamarin for Android?

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