How to use XmlWriterSettings() when using override void WriteEndElement()?

Question

I am working with a legacy application that does not import abbreviated empty xml elements. For example:

BAD empty:

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Answer 1

Leaving this here in case someone needs it; since none of the answers above solved it for me, or seemed like overkill.

    FileStream fs = new FileStream("file.xml", FileMode.Create);
    XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
    settings.Indent = true;
    XmlWriter w = XmlWriter.Create(fs, settings);
    w.WriteStartDocument();
    w.WriteStartElement("tag1");

        w.WriteStartElement("tag2");
        w.WriteAttributeString("attr1", "val1");
        w.WriteAttributeString("attr2", "val2");
        w.WriteFullEndElement();

    w.WriteEndElement();
    w.WriteEndDocument();
    w.Flush();
    fs.Close();

The trick was to set the XmlWriterSettings.Indent = true and add it to the XmlWriter.

Edit:

Alternatively you can also use

w.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

instead of adding an XmlWriterSettings.