在SQL Server 2008 R2和Xamarin Android之间创建连接

Question

Good morning, I'm testing the free version of Xamarin Studio and I want to connect my Android application to my database. As I write in the title I'm using SQL Server 2008 R2 and I read that the best solution is to use a web service. The problem is that is the first time that I create a web service and I don't know how to do all this procedure. Someone can guide me? I found this link ( http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/tutorial-your-first-web-api ). So I can create this web service using Visual Studio and then I can create the app using Xamarin Studio (right?). Can I try to do this also using the free version? Because I saw that System.Data.SqlLite is available only for higher version (from Business). Please help me. Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, that's a way to do it. Create a WebAPI service and then access it from Xamarin using a REST client, ie HttpClient . You won't be needing SQLite for this, just a client that sends and receives JSON data (or any other format if you choose so). Here is a sample HttpClient use. You would also need Json (de)serializer, ie Json.net . Here is another complete example .