Remote Data Source

RemoteDataSource.cs

/*
 * Note* this is for demo purposes only and is not a example of good network code,
 *          http://www.michaelridland.com/mobile/asp-net-mvc-xamarin-mashups/
 */
public class RemoteDataSource : IDataSource 
{
    static string HostBase = "http://192.168.56.101:49203";
    public RemoteDataSource ()
    {
    }

    public async Task<IEnumerable<JellyBeanValue>> GetJellyBeanValues ()
    {
        return (await GetServerData ()).JellyBeanValues;
    }

    public async Task<IEnumerable<MyJellyBean>> GetMyJellyBeans ()
    {
        return (await GetServerData ()).MyJellyBeans;
    }

    async Task<SyncContainer> GetServerData()
    {
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient ();
        var result = client.GetStringAsync (HostBase + "/JellyBeans/GetAllData").Result;

        var syncContainer = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SyncContainer> (result);

        //cheap mans offline for this sample, put all into localstoage
        var sql = Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISQLiteFactory> ().GetConnection ("app.db");

        sql.CreateTable<MyJellyBean> ();
        sql.CreateTable<JellyBeanValue> ();

        if (sql.Table<MyJellyBean>().Count() < 1)
            sql.InsertAll (syncContainer.MyJellyBeans);

        if (sql.Table<JellyBeanValue>().Count() < 1)
            sql.InsertAll (syncContainer.JellyBeanValues);

        return syncContainer;
    }
}