I had to solve what I figure must be a typical problem for a windows phone developer today, invoking a WebAPI service from the Mobile side. I found documentation on this process rather scarce, so here’s how you do it.
NuGet is your friend in this regard.
Step 1.
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client -Pre
Step 2.
Confirm references
Step 3.
Now you can use the HttpClient Async API to invoke your WebAPI service and return data. Here’s an example.
Which can then be used like this
To download the source click here.
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