Populate list items automatically when list definition feature gets activated

SharePoint 2010 - There was a requirement in which I had to populate 2 list items when its list definition feature gets activated.

Following is the solution:

Into Elements.xml file of list instance

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

< Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">

< ListInstance Title=....... ;">



< Data>

< Rows>

< Row>

< Field Name="Title">.....</Field>

< Field Name="MailBody">.....</Field>

< /Row>

< Row>

< Field Name="Title">.....</Field>

< Field Name="MailBody"></Field>

< /Row>

< /Rows>

< /Data>



< /ListInstance>

< /Elements>

Happy SharePointing.... :)