events and news page changed and commited

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8.csproj

@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
     <Compile Include="model\departments\DepartmentModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="model\departments\DepartmentViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="model\departments\FacultyModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="model\events_news\RSSChannelModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="model\events_news\RSSViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="model\mensa\MenuModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="model\mensa\MenuWeekModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pages\campusmap\CampusMapPage.xaml.cs">
@@ -111,6 +113,13 @@
     <Compile Include="pages\departments\DepartmentPage.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>DepartmentPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="pages\events\EventFeed.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="pages\events\EventIndexPage.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>EventIndexPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="pages\events\EventPage.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>EventPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="pages\lecture\LecturePage.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>LecturePage.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -120,13 +129,14 @@
     <Compile Include="pages\mensa\MensaPage.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>MensaPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="pages\news\NewsFeed.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="pages\news\NewsIndexPage.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>NewsIndexPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="pages\news\NewsPage.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>NewsPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="pages\RSSItem.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="pages\news\RSSNewsTemplate.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>RSSNewsTemplate.xaml</DependentUpon>
-    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="model\events_news\RSSModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pages\StartPage.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>StartPage.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -177,6 +187,14 @@
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>
+    <Page Include="pages\events\EventIndexPage.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+    <Page Include="pages\events\EventPage.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
     <Page Include="pages\lecture\LecturePage.xaml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
@@ -185,11 +203,11 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Page>
-    <Page Include="pages\news\NewsPage.xaml">
+    <Page Include="pages\news\NewsIndexPage.xaml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>
-    <Page Include="pages\news\RSSNewsTemplate.xaml">
+    <Page Include="pages\news\NewsPage.xaml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/Properties/WMAppManifest.xml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <Capability Name="ID_CAP_ISV_CAMERA" />
     </Capabilities>
     <Tasks>
-      <DefaultTask Name="_default" NavigationPage="pages/departments/DepartmentPage.xaml" />
+      <DefaultTask Name="_default" NavigationPage="pages/news/NewsIndexPage.xaml" />
     </Tasks>
     <Tokens>
       <PrimaryToken TokenID="CampusAppWP8Token" TaskName="_default">

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/Resources/AppResources.Designer.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     Dieser Code wurde von einem Tool generiert.
 //     Laufzeitversion:4.0.30319.18046
@@ -422,5 +421,3 @@ namespace CampusAppWP8.Resources {
         }
     }
 }
-        
-

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/Resources/AppResources.resx

@@ -230,10 +230,13 @@
   <data name="NewsHomeBtn" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>zur Übersicht</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="Faculty" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Fakultät</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Professorship_chairs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Lehrstühle</value>
-  </data>
+  <data name="Faculty" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Fakultät</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Professorship_chairs" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Lehrstühle</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewsLinkBtn" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Link</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/model/departments/DepartmentViewModel.cs

@@ -18,19 +18,6 @@ namespace CampusAppWP8.model.departments
         public DepartmentViewModel()
         {
             this.Faculties = new ObservableCollection<FacultyModel>();
-            this.LoadData();
-        }
-
-        public void LoadData()
-        {
-
-            /*
-            this.Faculties.Add(new FacultyModel("Fakultät 1"));
-            this.Faculties.Add(new FacultyModel("Fakultät 2"));
-            this.Faculties.Add(new FacultyModel("Fakultät 3"));
-            this.Faculties.Add(new FacultyModel("Fakultät 4"));
-            this.Faculties.Add(new FacultyModel("Favoriten"));
-            /**/
         }
 
         public ObservableCollection<FacultyModel> Faculties

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/model/events_news/RSSChannelModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.model.events_news
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Channel Model, which contains the rss feed item list.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RSSChannelModel : BaseModel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// RssFeed information item list.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement("item")]
+        public ObservableCollection<RSSModel> item { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public RSSChannelModel()
+        {
+            this.item = new ObservableCollection<RSSModel>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the rss feed item list.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ObservableCollection<RSSModel> Item
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.item;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                if (value != this.item)
+                {
+                    this.item = value;
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("item");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/model/events_news/RSSModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.model.events_news
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains the rss feed informations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RSSModel : BaseModel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Title of the fees
+        /// </summary>
+        private string title;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Description text of the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string text;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Timestamp (publication date) of the event or news.
+        /// </summary>
+        private DateTime timestamp;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Url of the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string link;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the title of the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement("title")]
+        public string Title
+        {
+            get { return this.title; }
+            set 
+            {
+                if (this.title != value)
+                {
+                    this.title = value;
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("rss");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the text of the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement("description")]
+        public string Text
+        {
+            get { return this.text; }
+            set
+            {
+                if (this.text != HTMLUnicodeToString(value))
+                {
+                    this.text = HTMLUnicodeToString(value);
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("rss");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the timestamp of the feed as string.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement("pubDate")]
+        public string Timestamp
+        {
+            get { return this.timestamp.ToString("R"); }
+            set
+            {
+                if (this.timestamp != DateTime.Parse(value))
+                {
+                    this.timestamp = DateTime.Parse(value);
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("rss");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the timestamp of the feed as DateTime object.
+        /// </summary>
+        public DateTime DTTimestamp
+        {
+            get { return this.timestamp; }
+            set { this.timestamp = value; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return the date of the timestamp as string.
+        /// example: Mon, 25.06.2013.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Date
+        {
+            get { return String.Format("{0:ddd, dd.MM.yyyy}", this.timestamp); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return the time of the timestamp as string.
+        /// example: 12:56 Uhr.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Time
+        {
+            get { return String.Format("{0:h:mm} Uhr", this.timestamp); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the link/url of the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlElement("link")]
+        public string Link
+        {
+            get { return this.link; }
+            set 
+            {
+                if (this.link != value)
+                {
+                    this.link = value;
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("rss");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove or transform html-unicode specific tags into ascii.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="htmluni">html string</param>
+        /// <returns>ascii string</returns>
+        private string HTMLUnicodeToString(string htmluni)
+        {
+            StringBuilder retValue = new StringBuilder();
+            
+            for(int i = 0; i < htmluni.Length; i++)
+            {
+                switch (htmluni[i])
+                {
+                    // beginning tag of the unicode
+                    case '&':
+                        {
+                            int startOff = i + 2;
+                            // sear closing tag of the unicode
+                            int endOff = htmluni.IndexOf(';', startOff);
+                            // get and parse value inbetween
+                            string sub = htmluni.Substring(startOff, endOff - startOff);
+                            int cVal = int.Parse(sub);
+
+                            switch (cVal)
+                            {
+                                // if the unicode value is 128 (€)
+                                case 128:
+                                    retValue.Append('€');
+                                    break;
+
+                                default:
+                                    retValue.Append((char)cVal);
+                                    break;
+                            }
+
+                            // set the current index to the end of the unicode tag
+                            i = endOff;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case '<':
+                        {
+                            // ignoring <..> html tags
+                            i = htmluni.IndexOf('>', i);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case '\t':
+                        // removing tabs
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                        {
+                            // adding other characters to the return string
+                            retValue.Append(htmluni[i]);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return retValue.ToString();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Comparing function for Datetime-Timestamps.
+        /// (currently unused)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item1">first item</param>
+        /// <param name="item2">secound item</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static int CompareTimeStamp(RSSModel item1, RSSModel item2)
+        {
+            if (item1.DTTimestamp > item2.DTTimestamp)
+                return -1;
+            else
+                return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/model/events_news/RSSViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.model.events_news
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// ViewModel of the rss feed, containing the feed/channel object.
+    /// </summary>
+    [XmlRoot("root")]
+    public class RSSViewModel : BaseViewModel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// channel list for the rss feeds.
+        /// </summary>
+        [XmlArray("rss")]
+        [XmlArrayItem("channel")]
+        public ObservableCollection<RSSChannelModel> channel { get; set; }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public RSSViewModel()
+        {
+            this.channel = new ObservableCollection<RSSChannelModel>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set/Get the channel list.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ObservableCollection<RSSChannelModel> Channel
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.channel;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                if (value != this.channel)
+                {
+                    this.channel = value;
+                    NotifyPropertyChanged("channel");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/RSSItem.cs

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.news
-{
-    class RSSItem
-    {
-        private string title;
-        private string text;
-        private DateTime timestamp;
-        private string link;
-
-        public string Title
-        {
-            get { return this.title; }
-            set { this.title = value; }
-        }
-
-        public string Text
-        {
-            get { return this.text; }
-            set { this.text = HTMLUnicodeToString(value); }
-        }
-
-        public string Timestamp
-        {
-            get { return this.timestamp.ToString("R"); }
-            set { this.timestamp = DateTime.Parse(value); }
-        }
-
-        public DateTime DTTimestamp
-        {
-            get { return this.timestamp; }
-            set { this.timestamp = value; }
-        }
-
-        public string Date
-        {
-            get { return String.Format("{0:ddd, dd.MM.yyyy}", this.timestamp); }
-        }
-
-        public string Time
-        {
-            get { return String.Format("{0:h:mm} Uhr", this.timestamp); }
-        }
-
-        public string Link
-        {
-            get { return this.link; }
-            set { this.link = value; }
-        }
-
-        private string HTMLUnicodeToString(string htmluni)
-        {
-            StringBuilder retValue = new StringBuilder();
-            
-            for(int i = 0; i < htmluni.Length; i++)
-            {
-                switch (htmluni[i])
-                {
-                    case '&':
-                        {
-                            int startOff = i + 2;
-                            int endOff = htmluni.IndexOf(';', startOff);
-                            string sub = htmluni.Substring(startOff, endOff - startOff);
-                            int cVal = int.Parse(sub);
-
-                            switch (cVal)
-                            {
-                                case 128:
-                                    retValue.Append('€');
-                                    break;
-
-                                default:
-                                    retValue.Append((char)cVal);
-                                    break;
-                            }
-
-                            i = endOff;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    case '<':
-                        {
-                            i = htmluni.IndexOf('>', i);
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    case '\t':
-                        break;
-
-                    default:
-                        {
-                            retValue.Append(htmluni[i]);
-                        }
-                        break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return retValue.ToString();
-        }
-
-        public static int CompareTimeStamp(RSSItem item1, RSSItem item2)
-        {
-            if (item1.DTTimestamp > item2.DTTimestamp)
-                return -1;
-            else
-                return 0;
-        }
-    }
-}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/departments/DepartmentPage.xaml

@@ -18,28 +18,22 @@
     <phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
         <viewModel:DepartmentViewModel x:Key="DepartmentViewModel" x:Name="DepartmentView" />
     </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
-    <!--LayoutRoot ist das Stammraster, in dem alle anderen Seiteninhalte platziert werden-->
+    <!-- LayoutRoot -->
     <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
         <Grid.DataContext>
             <viewModel:DepartmentViewModel />
         </Grid.DataContext>
-        <!--Pivotsteuerelement-->
+        <!-- Pivot -->
         <phone:Pivot x:Name="DepartmentPivot" Title="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.DepartmentApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" ItemsSource="{Binding Faculties}">
+            <!-- Pivotitem template -->
             <phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
                 <DataTemplate>
                     <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name, Mode=OneWay}"  />
                 </DataTemplate>
             </phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
-            <!--
-            <phone:PivotItem Header="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.DepartmentApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
-                <StackPanel>
-                    <TextBlock Text="Test" />
-                </StackPanel>
-            </phone:PivotItem>
-            -->
             <phone:Pivot.ItemTemplate>
                 <DataTemplate>
-                    <!--
+                    <!-- TEMPORARILY REMOVED, will be abck in soon
                         <phone:LongListSelector ItemsSource="{Binding Faculties}">
                             <phone:LongListSelector.ItemTemplate>
                                 <DataTemplate>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/departments/DepartmentPage.xaml.cs

@@ -11,23 +11,38 @@ using CampusAppWP8.utility;
 using CampusAppWP8.model.departments;
 using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
 
-//using CampusAppWP8.model.departments;
 
 namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.departments
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Pivot page with list of the chairs of the facultis.
+    /// </summary>
     public partial class DepartmentPage : PhoneApplicationPage
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Stores the last visible department panel.
+        /// </summary>
         private UIElement lastVisibleUIElem = null;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// department/chair feed object, storing the model and data.
+        /// </summary>
         private DepartmentFeed feed { get; set; }
-        private DepartmentViewModel dvm;
-
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
         public DepartmentPage()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
-            this.dvm = new DepartmentViewModel();
+            // init feed object
             this.feed = new DepartmentFeed();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On naviagtion to this page.
+        /// Init the feed loading.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
         protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
         {
             base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
@@ -36,32 +51,54 @@ namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.departments
             this.feed.LoadFeed();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called after the feeds are loaded.
+        /// Set the pivotitem source of this page.
+        /// </summary>
         private void SetupDepartmentPivot()
         {
             DepartmentPivot.ItemsSource = feed.Model._faculties;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On orientation changed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">unused</param>
+        /// <param name="e">unused</param>
         private void PhoneApplicationPage_OrientationChanged(object sender, OrientationChangedEventArgs e)
         {
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Called at clicking on the department headline buttons.
+        /// Collapses all visible department panels and open (set to visible)
+        /// the clicked department list.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked department button</param>
+        /// <param name="e">unused</param>
         private void DepartmentBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
+            // if the sender was a button
             if(sender is Button)
             {
                 Button btn = sender as Button;
             
+                // if the parent is a stackpanel
                 if(btn.Parent is StackPanel)
                 {
                     StackPanel pan = (StackPanel)btn.Parent;
                     
+                    // if there is a child after the clicked button in the parent panel
                     if ((pan.Children.Count() > 1) && (pan.Children[1] != null))
                     {
+                        // if the clicked department wasn't the one clicked before
                         if (pan.Children[1] != this.lastVisibleUIElem)
                         {
+                            // collapse the last visible chair list
                             if (this.lastVisibleUIElem != null)
                                 this.lastVisibleUIElem.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                             
+                            // open the choosen chair list
                             pan.Children[1].Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                             this.lastVisibleUIElem = pan.Children[1];
                         }
@@ -70,14 +107,22 @@ namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.departments
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On clicking a chair textbolock.
+        /// Open the browser with the url of the chair.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked chair textblock</param>
+        /// <param name="e"></param>
         private void ChairTB_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
             if (sender is FrameworkElement)
             {
                 FrameworkElement btn = sender as FrameworkElement;
 
+                // if the chair has a url in the tag element
                 if ((btn.Tag != null) && ((btn.Tag as string).Length > 0))
                 {
+                    // open browser with the url
                     WebBrowserTask task = new WebBrowserTask();
                     task.Uri = new Uri(btn.Tag.ToString(), UriKind.Absolute);
                     task.Show();

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/events/EventFeed.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.events
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Event Feed.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class EventFeed : XMLFeed<RSSViewModel>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EventFeed() : base(URLList.EventsFeedURL, "EventFeed.xml")
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/events/EventIndexPage.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
+    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.events.EventIndexPage"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
+    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
+    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
+    SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
+    mc:Ignorable="d"
+    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
+
+    <!--LayoutRoot -->
+    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
+        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
+        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+        <!-- Title and headline -->
+        <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
+            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.ApplicationTitle, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
+            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.EventApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
+        </StackPanel>
+        <!-- Content -->
+        <ListBox x:Name="ButtonPanel" Grid.Row="1">
+        </ListBox>
+    </Grid>
+</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/events/EventIndexPage.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
+using Microsoft.Phone.Shell;
+
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+using CampusAppWP8.Resources;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.events
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Overview page of all events.
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class EventIndexPage : PhoneApplicationPage
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Event Feed object, which contains the rss models and data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EventFeed eventFeed { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EventIndexPage()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            EventIndexPage.eventFeed = new EventFeed();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On navigation to this page, creates a FeedEventHandler and load the rss feed data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
+        protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
+        {
+            base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
+
+            // Set handler and load the fees informations.
+            EventIndexPage.eventFeed.EventHandler.FeedIsReadyEvent += new FeedEventHandler.FeedReadyHandler(SetupEventPageList);
+            EventIndexPage.eventFeed.LoadFeed();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Is called after the rss feeds are loaded into the eventFeed model. 
+        /// If there was no feed informations set to the ui, the feed list 
+        /// will be sorted by timestamp and the buttons will be created.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void SetupEventPageList()
+        {
+            if ((EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model != null)
+            && (EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel != null)
+            && (EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel.Count() >= 1)
+            && (this.ButtonPanel.Items.Count() == 0))
+            {
+                // Sort the list of rssfeeds.
+                IEnumerable<RSSModel> tempList = EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.OrderByDescending(e => e.DTTimestamp);
+                EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item = new ObservableCollection<RSSModel>(tempList);
+                
+                // Create the buttons for the fees selection and add it to the buttonpanel.
+                for (int i = 0; i < EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.Count(); i++)
+                {
+                    Button tempBtn = new Button();
+                    tempBtn.Name = "EventRowAppButton";
+                    tempBtn.Content = EventIndexPage.eventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item[i].Title;
+                    tempBtn.VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
+                    tempBtn.HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
+                    tempBtn.BorderThickness = new Thickness(0.0);
+                    tempBtn.Padding = new Thickness(0.0);
+                    tempBtn.Click += EventRowAppButton_Click;
+                    tempBtn.Tag = i;
+
+                    this.ButtonPanel.Items.Add(tempBtn);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return the eventFeed object.
+        /// </summary>
+        static public EventFeed GetEventFeed
+        {
+            get { return EventIndexPage.eventFeed; }
+            set { }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Is called on clicking on a feed button.
+        /// Navigates to the event pivot page with the information of the
+        /// selected feed index.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">pressed button object</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
+        private void EventRowAppButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            FrameworkElement tempElem = sender as FrameworkElement;
+
+            NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/pages/events/EventPage.xaml?pivotindex=" + tempElem.Tag, UriKind.Relative));
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/events/EventPage.xaml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
     xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
     xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:CampusAppWP8.model.events_news"
     mc:Ignorable="d"
     FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
     FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
@@ -13,15 +14,37 @@
     SupportedOrientations="Portrait"  Orientation="Portrait"
     shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
 
-    <!--LayoutRoot ist das Stammraster, in dem alle anderen Seiteninhalte platziert werden-->
+    <phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
+        <viewModel:RSSViewModel x:Key="RssViewModel" x:Name="RssView" />
+    </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
+    <!-- LayoutRoot -->
     <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
-        <!--Pivotsteuerelement-->
+        <!-- Pivotpage -->
         <phone:Pivot x:Name="EventPivot" Title="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.ApplicationTitle, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
-            <!--Pivotelement eins-->
-            <phone:PivotItem Name="EventPivotHome" Header="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.EventApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
-                <ListBox x:Name="ButtonPanel" Grid.Row="1">
-                </ListBox>
-            </phone:PivotItem>
+            <!-- Pivotitem template -->
+            <phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Date, Mode=OneWay}"  />
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
+            <phone:Pivot.ItemTemplate>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <Grid>
+                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="90"/>
+                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+                        <TextBlock x:Name="EventHeadline" Text="{Binding Path=Title, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Row="0" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="42"/>
+                        <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
+                            <TextBlock x:Name="EventText" Text="{Binding Path=Text, Mode=OneWay}" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="24" />
+                        </ScrollViewer>
+                        <Button Name="EventHome" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsHomeBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Click="EventHome_Click"/>
+                        <Button Name="EventLink" Tag="{Binding Path=Link, Mode=OneWay}" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsLinkBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Click="EventLink_Click"/>
+                    </Grid>
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </phone:Pivot.ItemTemplate>
         </phone:Pivot>
     </Grid>
 </phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/events/EventPage.xaml.cs

@@ -12,116 +12,95 @@ using System.Xml;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
 
-// Should be CampusAppWP8.pages (for RSSItem).
-using CampusAppWP8.pages.news;
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+using CampusAppWP8.Resources;
 
 
 namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.events
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// EventPage, where every event fees has his own pivotitem.
+    /// </summary>
     public partial class EventPage : PhoneApplicationPage
     {
-        List<RSSItem> itemList;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// for checking if the feed source is already set or not.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool isSourceSet = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
         public EventPage()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On navigation to this page.
+        /// The pivotitem source will be set, if it wasn't befor.
+        /// Navigating to the submited index of the choosen pivotitem page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="e"></param>
         protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
         {
-            this.itemList = new List<RSSItem>();
-            this.itemList.Clear();
-            
-            WebClient wc = new WebClient();
-            wc.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(WC_DownloadStringCompleted);
+            base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
 
-            wc.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.tu-cottbus.de/oracle-gateway/php/rss2feed_veranstaltungen.php"));
-        }
-
-        private void WC_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (e.Error != null)
-                return;
-
-            int i = 0;
-                        
-            XElement xmlitems = XElement.Parse(e.Result);
-            
-            List<XElement> elements = xmlitems.Descendants("item").ToList();
-
-                    
-            foreach (XElement rssItem in elements)
+            // Set pivotitem Source
+            if (this.isSourceSet == false)
             {
-                if(i < 12)
+                if ((EventIndexPage.GetEventFeed.Model != null)
+                && (EventIndexPage.GetEventFeed.Model.Channel != null)
+                && (EventIndexPage.GetEventFeed.Model.Channel.Count() >= 1))
                 {
-                    RSSItem rss = new RSSItem();
-
-                    rss.Title = rssItem.Element("title").Value;
-                    rss.Text = rssItem.Element("description").Value;
-                    rss.Timestamp = rssItem.Element("pubDate").Value;
-                    rss.Link = rssItem.Element("link").Value;
-
-                    this.itemList.Add(rss);
-
-                    i++;
+                    this.EventPivot.ItemsSource = EventIndexPage.GetEventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item;
+                    this.isSourceSet = true;
                 }
             }
 
-            this.itemList.Sort(RSSItem.CompareTimeStamp);
+            string pivotIndex = "";
 
-            for(i = 0; i < this.itemList.Count(); i++)
+            // Navigate to the selected pivotitem
+            if (NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("pivotindex", out pivotIndex))
             {
-                Button btn = new Button();
-                btn.Name = "EventRowAppButton" + i;
-                btn.Content = this.itemList[i].Title;
-                btn.BorderBrush = null;
-                btn.Background = null;
-                btn.VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
-                btn.HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
-                btn.BorderThickness = new Thickness(0);
-                btn.Padding = new Thickness(0);
-                btn.Click += EventRowAppButton_Click;
-                btn.Tag = i;
+                int pivotIndexInt = int.Parse(pivotIndex);
 
-                PivotItem newPivItem = new PivotItem();
-                newPivItem.Name = "EventPivot" + i;
-                newPivItem.Header = this.itemList[i].Date;
-                    
-                RSSNewsTemplate pvContent = new RSSNewsTemplate();
-                pvContent.NewsHeadline.Text = this.itemList[i].Title;
-                pvContent.NewsText.Text = this.itemList[i].Text;
-                pvContent.NewsHome.Click += EventHome_Click;
-                pvContent.NewsLink.Click += EventLink_Click;
-                pvContent.NewsLink.Tag = i;
-
-                if (this.itemList[i].Link.Length == 0)
-                    pvContent.NewsLink.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
-
-                newPivItem.Content = pvContent;
-                EventPivot.Items.Add(newPivItem);
-
-                ButtonPanel.Items.Add(btn);
+                // if the index is in the range of the array
+                if((pivotIndexInt >= 0) && (pivotIndexInt < EventIndexPage.GetEventFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.Count()))
+                    EventPivot.SelectedIndex = pivotIndexInt;
+                else
+                    MessageBox.Show("ERROR: pivotIndex out of range!!!");
             }
+
         }
 
-        //
-        private void EventRowAppButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
-        {
-            Button btn = (Button)sender;
-            EventPivot.SelectedIndex = (int)btn.Tag + 1;
-        }
-
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On clicking the home button (lower left).
+        /// Navigate back to the event index page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked button</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
         private void EventHome_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            EventPivot.SelectedIndex = 0;
+            // Navigate back to the event index page
+            NavigationService.GoBack();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On clicking the link button if a link exists in the feed 
+        /// (lower right).
+        /// Open the webbrowser with the url set in the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked button</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
         private void EventLink_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            Button btn = (Button)sender;
+            FrameworkElement fe = sender as FrameworkElement;
             
+            // Open the webbrowser
             WebBrowserTask webBrowserTask = new WebBrowserTask();
-            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(this.itemList[(int)btn.Tag].Link, UriKind.Absolute);
+            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(fe.Tag.ToString(), UriKind.Absolute);
             webBrowserTask.Show();
         }
     }

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/NewsFeed.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.news
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// News Feed.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class NewsFeed : XMLFeed<RSSViewModel>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public NewsFeed() : base(URLList.NewsFeedURL, "NewsFeed.xml")
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/NewsIndexPage.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
+    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.news.NewsIndexPage"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
+    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
+    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
+    SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
+    mc:Ignorable="d"
+    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
+
+    <!--LayoutRoot -->
+    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
+        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
+        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+        <!-- Title and headline -->
+        <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
+            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.ApplicationTitle, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
+            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
+        </StackPanel>
+        <!-- Content -->
+        <ListBox x:Name="ButtonPanel" Grid.Row="1">
+        </ListBox>
+    </Grid>
+
+</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/NewsIndexPage.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
+using Microsoft.Phone.Shell;
+
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+using CampusAppWP8.Resources;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+
+namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.news
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Overview page of all news.
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class NewsIndexPage : PhoneApplicationPage
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// News Feed object, which contains the rss models and data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static NewsFeed newsFeed { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public NewsIndexPage()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            NewsIndexPage.newsFeed = new NewsFeed();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On navigation to this page, creates a FeedEventHandler and load the rss feed data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
+        protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
+        {
+            base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
+
+            // Set handler and load the fees informations.
+            NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.EventHandler.FeedIsReadyEvent += new FeedEventHandler.FeedReadyHandler(SetupNewsPageList);
+            NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.LoadFeed();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Is called after the rss feeds are loaded into the newsFeed model. 
+        /// If there was no feed informations set to the ui, the feed list 
+        /// will be sorted by timestamp and the buttons will be created.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void SetupNewsPageList()
+        {
+            if ((NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model != null)
+            && (NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel != null)
+            && (NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel.Count() >= 1)
+            && (this.ButtonPanel.Items.Count() == 0))
+            {
+                // Sort the list of rssfeeds.
+                IEnumerable<RSSModel> tempList = NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.OrderByDescending(e => e.DTTimestamp);
+                NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item = new ObservableCollection<RSSModel>(tempList);
+
+                // Create the buttons for the fees selection and add it to the buttonpanel.
+                for (int i = 0; i < NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.Count(); i++)
+                {
+                    Button tempBtn = new Button();
+                    tempBtn.Name = "NewsRowAppButton";
+                    tempBtn.Content = NewsIndexPage.newsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item[i].Title;
+                    tempBtn.VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
+                    tempBtn.HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
+                    tempBtn.BorderThickness = new Thickness(0.0);
+                    tempBtn.Padding = new Thickness(0.0);
+                    tempBtn.Click += NewsRowAppButton_Click;
+                    tempBtn.Tag = i;
+
+                    this.ButtonPanel.Items.Add(tempBtn);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return the newsFeed object.
+        /// </summary>
+        static public NewsFeed GetNewsFeed
+        {
+            get { return NewsIndexPage.newsFeed; }
+            set { }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Is called on clicking on a feed button.
+        /// Navigates to the news pivot page with the information of the
+        /// selected feed index.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">pressed button object</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
+        private void NewsRowAppButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            FrameworkElement tempElem = sender as FrameworkElement;
+
+            NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/pages/news/NewsPage.xaml?pivotindex=" + tempElem.Tag, UriKind.Relative));
+        }
+    }
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/NewsPage.xaml

@@ -1,47 +1,50 @@
-<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
-    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.news.NewsPage"
-    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
-    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
-    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
-    mc:Ignorable="d"
-    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
-    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
-    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
-    SupportedOrientations="Portrait"  Orientation="Portrait"
-    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
-
-    <!--LayoutRoot ist das Stammraster, in dem alle anderen Seiteninhalte platziert werden-->
-    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
-        <!--Pivotsteuerelement-->
-        <phone:Pivot x:Name="NewsPivot" Title="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.ApplicationTitle, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
-            <!--Pivotelement eins-->
-            <phone:PivotItem Name="NewsPivotHome" Header="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsApp_Title, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
-                <ListBox x:Name="ButtonPanel" Grid.Row="1">
-                    
-                    <!-- rows
-                    <Button Name="NewsRow01AppButton" Content="Test News Title 01" Click="NewsRow01AppButton_Click" Grid.Row="0" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Background="{x:Null}" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" BorderThickness="0" Padding="0">
-                    </Button>
-                     -->
-                </ListBox>
-            </phone:PivotItem>
-
-            <!--Pivotelement news template
-            <phone:PivotItem Name="NewsPivot01" Header="(timestamp)">
-                <Grid>
-                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-                        <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
-                        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
-                        <RowDefinition Height="90"/>
-                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-                    <TextBlock x:Name="NewsHeadline01" Text="(headline)" Grid.Row="0" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="42"/>
-                    <TextBlock x:Name="NewsText01" Text="(text)" Grid.Row="1" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="24" />
-                    <Button Name="NewsHome" Content="zur News Übersicht" Click="NewsHome_Click" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
-                </Grid>
-            </phone:PivotItem>
-            -->
-        </phone:Pivot>
-    </Grid>
-</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>
+<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
+    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.news.NewsPage"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:CampusAppWP8.model.events_news"
+    mc:Ignorable="d"
+    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
+    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
+    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
+    SupportedOrientations="Portrait"  Orientation="Portrait"
+    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
+
+    <phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
+        <viewModel:RSSViewModel x:Key="RssViewModel" x:Name="RssView" />
+    </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
+    <!-- LayoutRoot -->
+    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
+        <!-- Pivotpage -->
+        <phone:Pivot x:Name="NewsPivot" Title="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.ApplicationTitle, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}">
+            <!-- Pivotitem template -->
+            <phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Date, Mode=OneWay}"  />
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </phone:Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
+            <phone:Pivot.ItemTemplate>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <Grid>
+                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
+                            <RowDefinition Height="90"/>
+                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+                        <TextBlock x:Name="NewsHeadline" Text="{Binding Path=Title, Mode=OneWay}" Grid.Row="0" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="42"/>
+                        <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
+                            <TextBlock x:Name="NewsText" Text="{Binding Path=Text, Mode=OneWay}" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="24" />
+                        </ScrollViewer>
+                        <Button Name="NewsHome" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsHomeBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Click="NewsHome_Click"/>
+                        <Button Name="NewsLink" Tag="{Binding Path=Link, Mode=OneWay}" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsLinkBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Click="NewsLink_Click"/>
+                    </Grid>
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </phone:Pivot.ItemTemplate>
+        </phone:Pivot>
+    </Grid>
+</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/NewsPage.xaml.cs

@@ -12,126 +12,96 @@ using System.Xml;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
 
+using CampusAppWP8.model.events_news;
+using CampusAppWP8.utility;
+using CampusAppWP8.Resources;
+
 
 namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.news
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// EventPage, where every news fees has his own pivotitem.
+    /// </summary>
     public partial class NewsPage : PhoneApplicationPage
     {
-        List<RSSItem> itemList;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// for checking if the feed source is already set or not.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool isSourceSet = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor.
+        /// </summary>
         public NewsPage()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
         }
 
-        // 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On navigation to this page.
+        /// The pivotitem source will be set, if it wasn't befor.
+        /// Navigating to the submited index of the choosen pivotitem page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="e"></param>
         protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
         {
-            this.itemList = new List<RSSItem>();
-            this.itemList.Clear();
-            
-            WebClient wc = new WebClient();
-            wc.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(WC_DownloadStringCompleted);
+            base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
 
-            wc.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.tu-cottbus.de/oracle-gateway/php/rss2feed_aktuelles.php"));
-        }
-
-        private void WC_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (e.Error != null)
-                return;
-
-            int i = 0;
-                        
-            XElement xmlitems = XElement.Parse(e.Result);
-            
-            List<XElement> elements = xmlitems.Descendants("item").ToList();
-
-            
-            
-            foreach (XElement rssItem in elements)
+            // Set pivotitem Source
+            if (this.isSourceSet == false)
             {
-                if(i < 12)
+                if ((NewsIndexPage.GetNewsFeed.Model != null)
+                && (NewsIndexPage.GetNewsFeed.Model.Channel != null)
+                && (NewsIndexPage.GetNewsFeed.Model.Channel.Count() >= 1))
                 {
-                    RSSItem rss = new RSSItem();
-
-                    rss.Title = rssItem.Element("title").Value;
-                    rss.Text = rssItem.Element("description").Value;
-                    rss.Timestamp = rssItem.Element("pubDate").Value;
-                
-                    this.itemList.Add(rss);
-
-                
-                    Button btn = new Button();
-                    btn.Name = "NewsRowAppButton" + i;
-                    btn.Content = rss.Title;
-                    btn.BorderBrush = null;
-                    btn.Background = null;
-                    btn.VerticalContentAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
-                    btn.HorizontalContentAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
-                    btn.BorderThickness = new Thickness(0);
-                    btn.Padding = new Thickness(0);
-                    btn.Click += NewsRowAppButton_Click;
-                    btn.Tag = i;
-
-                    PivotItem newPivItem = new PivotItem();
-                    newPivItem.Name = "NewsPivot" + i;
-                    newPivItem.Header = rss.Date;
-                    
-                    RSSNewsTemplate pvContent = new RSSNewsTemplate();
-                    pvContent.NewsHeadline.Text = rss.Title;
-                    pvContent.NewsText.Text = rss.Text;
-                    pvContent.NewsHome.Click += NewsHome_Click;
-                    pvContent.NewsLink.Click += NewsLink_Click;
-                    pvContent.NewsLink.Tag = i;
-                    /*
-                    {
-                        double height = pvContent.NewsHeadline.Height * 0.99;
-                        double width = pvContent.NewsHeadline.Width * 0.99;
-
-                        Font tryFont = pvContent.NewsHeadline.Font;
-                        Size tempSize = TextRenderer.MeasureText(pvContent.NewsHeadline.Text, tryFont);
-
-                        float heightRatio = height / tempSize.Height;
-                        float widthRatio = width / tempSize.Width;
-
-                        tryFont = new Font(tryFont.FontFamily, tryFont.Size * Math.Min(widthRatio, heightRatio), tryFont.Style);
-
-                        pvContent.NewsHeadline.Font = tryFont;
-                    }
-                    */
-                    if ((rss.Link == null) || (rss.Link.Length == 0))
-                        pvContent.NewsLink.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
-
-                    newPivItem.Content = pvContent;
-                    NewsPivot.Items.Add(newPivItem);
-
-                    ButtonPanel.Items.Add(btn);
-
-                    i++;
+                    this.NewsPivot.ItemsSource = NewsIndexPage.GetNewsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item;
+                    this.isSourceSet = true;
                 }
             }
+
+            string pivotIndex = "";
+
+            // Navigate to the selected pivotitem
+            if (NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("pivotindex", out pivotIndex))
+            {
+                int pivotIndexInt = int.Parse(pivotIndex);
+
+                // if the index is in the range of the array
+                if ((pivotIndexInt >= 0) && (pivotIndexInt < NewsIndexPage.GetNewsFeed.Model.Channel[0].item.Count()))
+                    NewsPivot.SelectedIndex = pivotIndexInt;
+                else
+                    MessageBox.Show("ERROR: pivotIndex out of range!!!");
+            }
+
         }
 
-        // Button Functions
-        private void NewsRowAppButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
-        {
-            Button btn = (Button)sender;
-            NewsPivot.SelectedIndex = (int)btn.Tag + 1;
-        }
-
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On clicking the home button (lower left).
+        /// Navigate back to the news index page.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked button</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
         private void NewsHome_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            NewsPivot.SelectedIndex = 0;
+            // Navigate back to the news index page
+            NavigationService.GoBack();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// On clicking the link button if a link exists in the feed 
+        /// (lower right).
+        /// Open the webbrowser with the url set in the feed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">clicked button</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event args</param>
         private void NewsLink_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            Button btn = (Button)sender;
+            FrameworkElement fe = sender as FrameworkElement;
 
+            // Open the webbrowser
             WebBrowserTask webBrowserTask = new WebBrowserTask();
-            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(this.itemList[(int)btn.Tag].Link, UriKind.Absolute);
+            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(fe.Tag.ToString(), UriKind.Absolute);
             webBrowserTask.Show();
         }
     }
-}
+}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/RSSNewsTemplate.xaml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-<UserControl
-    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.news.RSSNewsTemplate"
-    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
-    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
-    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
-    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
-    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
-    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
-    mc:Ignorable="d"
-    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
-
-    <Grid>
-        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-            <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
-            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
-            <RowDefinition Height="90"/>
-        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        
-        <TextBlock x:Name="NewsHeadline" Text="(headline)" Grid.Row="0" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="42"/>
-        <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
-            <TextBlock x:Name="NewsText" Text="(text)" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="24" />
-        </ScrollViewer>
-        <Button Name="NewsHome" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsHomeBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
-        <Button Name="NewsLink" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsLinkBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
-    </Grid>
-</UserControl>
-=======
-<UserControl
-    x:Class="CampusAppWP8.pages.news.RSSNewsTemplate"
-    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
-    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
-    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
-    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
-    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
-    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
-    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
-    mc:Ignorable="d"
-    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
-
-    <Grid>
-        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-            <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
-            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
-            <RowDefinition Height="90"/>
-        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        
-        <TextBlock x:Name="NewsHeadline" Text="(headline)" Grid.Row="0" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="42"/>
-        <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
-            <TextBlock x:Name="NewsText" Text="(text)" Height="Auto" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="24" />
-        </ScrollViewer>
-        <Button Name="NewsHome" Content="{Binding Path=LocalizedResources.NewsHomeBtn, Source={StaticResource LocalizedStrings}}" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
-    </Grid>
-</UserControl>
->>>>>>> d70e3da558c01e1f589ef06e919074b36a45d32c

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/pages/news/RSSNewsTemplate.xaml.cs

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Controls;
-using System.Windows.Navigation;
-using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
-using Microsoft.Phone.Shell;
-using Windows.Foundation;
-using Windows.Foundation.Collections;
-
-namespace CampusAppWP8.pages.news
-{
-    public partial class RSSNewsTemplate : UserControl
-    {
-        public RSSNewsTemplate()
-        {
-            InitializeComponent();
-        }
-    }
-}

CampusAppWP8/CampusAppWP8/utility/URLList.cs

@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ namespace CampusAppWP8.utility
     {
         public static Uri MensaFeedURL = new Uri("http://www.studentenwerk-frankfurt.de/2011/ClassPackage/App_IKMZ_BTU/", UriKind.Absolute);
         public static Uri DepartmentFeedURL = new Uri("http://www.tu-cottbus.de/campusapp-data/professorships.xml", UriKind.Absolute);
+        public static Uri EventsFeedURL = new Uri("http://www.tu-cottbus.de/oracle-gateway/php/rss2feed_veranstaltungen.php", UriKind.Absolute);
+        public static Uri NewsFeedURL = new Uri("http://www.tu-cottbus.de/oracle-gateway/php/rss2feed_aktuelles.php", UriKind.Absolute);
     }
 }