xamarin-forms-httpclient-sample

Xamarin forms app using HttpClient package to invoke REST services

This repo contains the following projects

1. HttpClientDemo.csproj -> PCL for Xamarin Forms
2. HttpClientDemo.iOS.csproj -> Xamarin.Forms iOS project
3. HttpClientDemo.Droid.csproj -> Xamarin.Forms Android project
4. Todo-Web-Api -> Aspnet.core based web api

##Prerequisites

Mac

1. Xamarin Studio - to run the xamarin forms app
2. dotnet core - to run the web api

Windows

1. Visual Studio - to run the Xamarin forms app
2. dotnet core - to run the web api

Running the Web API

Make sure dotnet cli is installed, this can be done by running the below command

dotnet --info Execute the below commands from the root folder Todo-Web-Api to run the web api

dotnet restore

dotnet run

The app should run under the port 5000

Running the Xamarin.Forms app

Open the solution HttpClientDemo.sln and build the solution in Xamarin Studio/Visual Studio Set the iOS/Droid project as starup and run in the appropriate simulator/emulator