l did some research and l was told l had to edit the applicationhost.config file and bind the local ip of my computer. after running ipconfig to get the ip of
my local computer(192.168.56.1) l edited the applicationhost.config file as below
<site name="FINALKAHPROJECT" id="2"> <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\Users\SBSC QA TEAM\source\repos\FINALKAHPROJECT\FINALKAHPROJECT\FINALKAHPROJECT" /> </application> <bindings> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:56745:localhost" /> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:8080:192.168.56.1" /> </bindings> </site>
and below is the code in xamarin.forms for consuming the api
public async void Comic() { using(var httpClient = new HttpClient()){ var response = await httpClient.GetStringAsync("http://192.168.56.1:80/api/comic"); var comic = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Comic>>(response); comicList.ItemsSource = comic; } }
l get the error System.Net.WebException: 'Failed to connect to /192.168.56.1:80' after setting the solution to start multiple projects and running the webapp and mobile app as the same time.Help Please
Answers
I had similar issue. After surfing what I found is problem was at the backend. In API project add
UseUrls("http://0.0.0.0:80")
in your builder. Specifying 0.0.0.0 binds your application to all IP.From my knowledge :- 8080 is for https and 80 is used for http.
If your application is requesting for a service hosted in same mahcine (ie, both android emulator and api project is in same machine) then

var response = await httpClient.GetStringAsync("http://10.10.0.0:80/api/comic");
.Note : 10.10.0.0 redirects to localhost
Hello all,
@austy,
follow perhpas this sample and tell us if it's work fine
http://www.nullskull.com/a/10476774/consuming-web-services-using-xamarin.aspx
this sample call an asmx with the emulator, i've find and all work