Xamarin-Rest-Api-Demo

Check blog post for detailed documentation.

Example project that covers following topics.

• Making HTTP Request

  • Basic Authentication
  • Token Based Authentication
  • Get - Post - Put methods

• Working with Json formatted data

  • Creating Json classes
  • Creating data model
  • Deserializing data

• Integrating with the platform

  • Setting up iOS project
  • Setting up Android project
  • Customizing HttpClient per platform
  • iOS native settings
  • Android native settings

• Performance optimization

  • Instantiating IDisposable object in a using statement
  • ConfigureAwait - Async/Await

  Prerequisites

1. Installing Microsoft HttpClient libraries to PCL

2. Installing Json.NET libraries to PCL

3. Adding System.Net.Http to references for both iOS and Android projects.

   Example Usage