Question

I need a very basic step by step walk through on calling a webservice from WP7. Does anyone have any good simple examples of this?

I’m not sure if this what they are calling “Push Notification” or something totally different. I need a super simple basic example.

Also does anyone know, can you only call .Net webservices or can you call a .PHP page that returns JSON Data to pass in to the WP7 phone?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can call any type of web service that talks http.

There are a variety of approaches and types of web services.

Here is a walkthrough of interfacing with a WCF Service.

AfricanGeek Silverlight 3 Video Tutorials (scroll right to 1st tute)

Here is a code sample demonstrating use of HttpWebRequest and WebClient.

WebClient, HttpWebRequest and the UI Thread on Windows Phone 7