Generic List to String Conversion Using Gson in Xamarin - xamarin.ios

Question

I new with Xamarin , I am trying to convert my list of generic type to single string. I can comfortably performs this task in Android using below code.
Gson gson = new Gson();
Type collectionType = new TypeToken<ArrayList<Response_bean>>() {}.getType();
JsonElement element = gson.toJsonTree(response_data, collectionType);
JsonArray jsonArray = element.getAsJsonArray();
String strjsonarray = jsonArray.toString();
But I cant found its replacement in Xamarin.
Please help Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I think you can use json.net
Product product = new Product();
product.Name = "Apple";
product.Expiry = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);
product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small" };
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);
// {
// "Name": "Apple",
// "Expiry": "2008-12-28T00:00:00",
// "Sizes": [
// "Small"
// ]
// }

Answer 2

As Alessandro Caliaro said, json.net can help you.
List<Product> list = new List<Product>();
Product product = new Product();
product.Name = "Apple";
product.Expiry = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);
product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small" };
Product product2 = new Product();
product2.Name = "Banana";
product2.Expiry = new DateTime(2010, 12, 28);
product2.Sizes = new string[] { "Big" };
Product product3 = new Product();
product3.Name = "Pear";
product3.Expiry = new DateTime(2012, 12, 28);
product3.Sizes = new string[] { "Huge" };
list.Add(product);
list.Add(product2);
list.Add(product3);
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(list);
Output
[
{"Name":"Apple","Expiry":"2008-12-28T00:00:00","Sizes":["Small"]},
{"Name":"Banana","Expiry":"2010-12-28T00:00:00","Sizes":["Big"]},
{"Name":"Pear","Expiry":"2012-12-28T00:00:00","Sizes":["Huge"]}
]