Sending Http requests from Xamarin Portable Class Library

Question

I have quite decent problems with this very simple task and asking for help. The question is: what is the best and the most reliable way to perform Http requests with timeout fr

Answer 1

I recommend using the HttpClient package via NuGet http://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Net.Http/

This works with profile 78 and MvvmCross. You also get async/await support.