This type of CollectionView does not support changes to its SourceCollection from a thread different from the Dispatcher thread

Question

I have a DataGrid which is populating data from ViewModel by asynchronous method.My DataGrid is :

<DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding MatchObsCollection}"  x:Name="dataGridParent" 
                      Style="{StaticResource EfesDataGridStyle}" 
                      HorizontalGridLinesBrush="#DADADA" VerticalGridLinesBrush="#DADADA" Cursor="Hand" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
                      RowDetailsVisibilityMode="Visible"  >

I am using http://www.amazedsaint.com/2010/10/asynchronous-delegate-command-for-your.html to implement asynchronous way in my viewmodel.

Here is my viewmodel code:

public class MainWindowViewModel:WorkspaceViewModel,INotifyCollectionChanged
    {        

        MatchBLL matchBLL = new MatchBLL();
        EfesBetServiceReference.EfesBetClient proxy = new EfesBetClient();

        public ICommand DoSomethingCommand { get; set; }
        public MainWindowViewModel()
        {
            DoSomethingCommand = new AsyncDelegateCommand(
                () => Load(), null, null,
                (ex) => Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message));           
            _matchObsCollection = new ObservableCollection<EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC>();                

        }       

        List<EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC> matchList;
        ObservableCollection<EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC> _matchObsCollection;

        public ObservableCollection<EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC> MatchObsCollection
        {
            get { return _matchObsCollection; }
            set
            {
                _matchObsCollection = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("MatchObsCollection");
            }
        }        
        //
        public void Load()
        {            
            matchList = new List<GetMatchDetailsDC>();
            matchList = proxy.GetMatch().ToList();

            foreach (EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC match in matchList)
            {
                _matchObsCollection.Add(match);
            }

        }

As you can see in my Load() method in my ViewModel first I am getting matchList (which is a list of a DataContract Class) from my Service.Then by foreach loop I am inserting my matchList items to my _matchObsCollection(which is an ObservableCollection of DataContract Class)).Now here I am getting the above error (as I shown in Title) "This type of CollectionView does not support changes to its SourceCollection from a thread different from the Dispatcher thread"

Can anyone suggest me any solution.Moreover if possible I would like to know how to bind my DataGrid in View and also refresh it asynchronously if any better way is there.

Answer 1

Since your ObservableCollection is created on UI thread, you can only modify it from UI thread and not from other threads. This is termed as thread affinity.

If you ever need to update objects created on UI thread from different thread, simply put the delegate on UI Dispatcher and that will do work for you delegating it to UI thread. This will work -

    public void Load()
    {
        matchList = new List<GetMatchDetailsDC>();
        matchList = proxy.GetMatch().ToList();

        foreach (EfesBet.DataContract.GetMatchDetailsDC match in matchList)
        {
            App.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke((Action)delegate // <--- HERE
            {
                _matchObsCollection.Add(match);
            });
        }
    }