Struggling with Data Binding in WinForms for REST API Responses
I'm performance testing and Currently developing a WinForms application that consumes several REST APIs to display data in a GridView... The challenge arises when trying to bind the API response to the UI components efficiently. I’m using Newtonsoft.Json to deserialize the JSON response from the API, and while the data appears to be correct when logged, it doesn't reflect in the UI on the first load. I've tried using the `BindingSource` to manage the data binding better. Here's a simplified version of my code: ```csharp using Newtonsoft.Json; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Net.Http; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; public class Item { public int Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } public partial class MainForm : Form { private BindingSource _bindingSource = new BindingSource(); public MainForm() { InitializeComponent(); LoadData(); } private async Task LoadData() { var items = await FetchItemsAsync(); _bindingSource.DataSource = items; myGridView.DataSource = _bindingSource; } private async Task<List<Item>> FetchItemsAsync() { using HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); var response = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.example.com/items"); return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Item>>(response); } } ``` Despite my best efforts, the GridView only populates after a secondary action, like resizing the window. I’ve confirmed that the data is indeed set to the `BindingSource` but for some reason, the UI doesn’t refresh as expected. This leads me to think there might be something subtle about the data binding lifecycle or threading issues at play. Could the UI refresh be dependent on the main thread? I’ve also considered manually refreshing the GridView after setting the data source, but I'd prefer a more elegant solution. Any insights on best practices or potential pitfalls in WinForms data binding with REST API responses would be greatly appreciated! I'm using C# 3.11 in this project. I've been using C# for about a year now. Any ideas what could be causing this?