SharePoint 2010 Update Default List View By Code

SharePoint 2010 Create List view using Code. Open visual studio Create a console Application give it name and Add “Microsoft.SharePoint” Ref. to your project.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace SharepointForDeveloper_AddView

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            if (args.Length < 2)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Missing Parameters 1. <ListUrl> 2. <XmlFile Path>");

                return;

            }

            string paramListUrl = args[0];

            string paramViewXml = args[1];

            using (SPSite site = new SPSite(paramListUrl))

            {

                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())

                {

                    string serverRelativePath = GetRelativeUrl(paramListUrl);

                    SPList list = web.GetList(serverRelativePath);

                    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

                    doc.Load(paramViewXml);

                    SPView loadedView = new SPView(list, doc);

                   

                    SPView newView = list.Views.Add(loadedView.Title, loadedView.ViewFields.ToStringCollection(), loadedView.Query, loadedView.RowLimit, loadedView.Paged, loadedView.DefaultView);

                    string viewXmlString = doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml;

                    newView.SetViewXml(viewXmlString);

                    //update the view

                    newView.Update();

                }

            }

        }

        public static string GetRelativeUrl(string listUrl)

        {

            Uri uri = null;

            if (Uri.TryCreate(listUrl, UriKind.Absolute, out uri))

            {

                return (uri.AbsolutePath);

            }

            else throw new ArgumentException("Invalid Url");

        }

    }

}

Add XML file to your project. XML File that contents the following XML. give it name "SHAREPOINTFORDEVELOPER_VIEW.XML" 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<View DisplayName="All Items2" DefaultView="TRUE" BaseViewID="1" Type="HTML" MobileView="TRUE" MobileDefaultView="TRUE"

      ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/generic.png" XslLink="main.xsl" WebPartZoneID="Main" WebPartOrder="1"

      Url="AllItems2.aspx" SetupPath="pages\viewpage.aspx">

  <XslLink>main.xsl</XslLink>

  <Query>

    <OrderBy>

      <FieldRef Name="ID" />

    </OrderBy>

  </Query>

  <ViewFields>

    <FieldRef Name="Attachments" />

    <FieldRef Name="LinkTitle" />

  </ViewFields>

  <RowLimit Paged="TRUE">30</RowLimit>

  <Formats>

    <FormatDef Type="RowHeight" Value="Auto" />

    <Format Name="Attachments">

      <FormatDef Type="ColWidth" Value="39" />

    </Format>

    <Format Name="LinkTitle">

      <FormatDef Type="WrapText" Value="1" />

      <FormatDef Type="ColWidth" Value="201" />

    </Format>

  </Formats>

  <Aggregations Value="Off">

    <FieldRef Name="LinkTitle" Type="COUNT" />

  </Aggregations>

</View>