I am trying to define an itemscontrol and data bind it to a List and the code is as below. XAML

Item Class public class Item { public string val; }

XAML.cs public MainPage() { InitializeComponent();

        List<Item> items = new List<Item>();
        Item item1 = new Item();
        item1.val = "iasl;fdj1";


        items.Add(item1);

        Item item2 = new Item();
        item2.val = "iasfdkasdkljf2";

        items.Add(item2);

        ic.ItemsSource = items;
    }

The items are displayed when I run this. Am I missing something?