Does CanvasDrawingSession.DrawSvg() work in C++/winrt? - c++-winrt

Question

I've loaded a series of svg images by creating and storing a CanvasSvgDocument for each, and using its LoadAsync() method to load the svg:
nextSvg = CanvasSvgDocument(resourceCreator.Device());
auto fileStream = co_await nextFile.OpenReadAsync();
co_await nextSvg.LoadAsync(resourceCreator.Device(),fileStream);
This appears to load the svg, but when I use that stored svg in a drawing session nothing appears in the CanvasControl. Other items draw fine: shapes, lines, etc. - just not svgs:
session.DrawSvg(m_svg, boxSize, top, left);
In an attempt to discover the problem I've tried using GetXml() on the svg document in the hope that would show me its contents. The result is an abbreviated svg with no drawing information. I provide that here in case it's a hint:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></svg>
Perhaps that is all that GetXml() is supposed to return?
I have successfully drawn svgs if they loaded as imagesources; the resulting bitmap image works. But is it possible that session.DrawSvg() is just not completely implemented yet in Win2D? I'd rather render the svg directly this way if it can be done.
[Update] p.s. The svgs are version 1.1 svgs converted from pdfs by one of the online conversion services. As I mentioned, they render fine if opened in Edge or other browsers.
[Update2] Thinking perhaps there is something in the svgs that Win2D doesn't like, I tried creating a simple one using as a model an online example - it just has a rectangle and a circle, as follows. But it also does not draw:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 140"
preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet">
<title>Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Demo</title>
<circle cx="100" cy="100" r="50" stroke="#000" stroke-width="1" fill="#ccc" />
<rect x="200" y="50" width="250" height="100" rx="5" ry="5"
stroke="#000" stroke-width="1" fill="#ccc" />
</svg>
[Update] It appears that the problem lies in the way the svg is read from the Storage File. I'll post my own answer as soon as I have enough that it might be useful to someone.

Answer 1

The answer is that my code contains an egregious error: As was pointed out to me at GitHub, LoadAsync() is a static method. In my first line above, I create a CanvasSvgDocument, but in the third line I ignore the results of LoadAsync. LoadASync is also a constructor, so the proper code is
auto fileStream = co_await nextFile.OpenReadAsync();
nextSvg = co_await CanvasSvgDocument::LoadAsync(resourceCreator.Device(),fileStream);
That works! Only trouble is that what I really want is to use LoadFromXaml(), another static method, and there is a different issue with that to be addressed later. Probably also my error.