Xamarin.Native Tutorial - Consuming WebService - Setup

Alright, let’s consume a Webservice Next.

We will consume a sample RESTful webservice (made using ASP.NET WebAPI) from rabbit.miaw.xyz/api.

Setup Install Newtonsoft.Json First, open NuGet package manager. Install the package Newtonsoft.Json.

Create a Method to Get Data

Open Repository.cs.

Add this method:

 public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<IEnumerable<Invoice>> GetInvoicesFromWebserviceAsync()
        {
            IEnumerable<Invoice> invoices = new List<Invoice>();

            using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
            {
                //client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://rabbit.miaw.xyz/");
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

                HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://rabbit.miaw.xyz/api/invoices");
                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                    invoices = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<Invoice>>(result);
                }
            }

            return invoices;
        }

…And reference the namespaces as necessary.

Alright, now we have setup our code, let’s actually try actually consuming the webservice and show it the data to our users next.

UWP: In progress

Android: http://miaw.xyz/b/post/2017/09/20/xamarin-native-tutorial-consuming-webservice-android

iOS: In progress