Is XmlTextReader supported in Portable Class Libraries?

Question

According to the list of available namespaces in a PCL project, System.Xml is incldued. However, I get compile errors when referencing XmlTextReader, which is within System.Xml namespace.

I target .NET 4.0 + Silverlight 5 (Profile14). I also tried .NET4.0.3 + SL (Profile19) and .NET 4.5 + SL (Profile24), all the same.

So is XmlTextReader supposed to be available in a PCL, and if not, where can I find the definite list of what Classes are available and what not?

Answer 1

It is not, but you can use XmlReader.Create() instead. BTW, it's the recommended solution for full .Net too:

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

As usual, there's s a tool for that. And here is a short intro to it.