// this method will deserialize chat json string
public static void DeserializeDMs(string json)
{
DMChatList.Clear();
JArray jarr = JArray.Parse(json);
// get the results fragment of the json as a list of JTokens
List <JToken> results = jarr.Children().ToList();
// populate the list
foreach (JToken result in results)
{
DirectMessage dm = result.ToObject <DirectMessage>();
DMChatList.Add(dm);
}
}
public static void ClearDMs()
{
DMChatList.Clear();
}