Background-transfer(Up-loader) progress issue for metro apps

Question

The Background-transfer(Up-loader) progress for metro apps is giving me a 100% for file greater then 1 MB within a second as shown below:

*Running: c5593753-d155-425a-8e25-6b1f90bbff85
Progress: c5593753-d155-425a-8e25-6b1f90bbff85, Status: Running
 - Sent bytes: 131072 of 1310245 (10%), Received bytes: 0 of 0
Progress: c5593753-d155-425a-8e25-6b1f90bbff85, Status: Running
 - Sent bytes: 1310245 of 1310245 (100%), Received bytes: 0 of 0*

Hence my progress bar also show 100% which is of-course wrong.Now, after sometime the upload completes and I get the following:

*Progress: c5593753-d155-425a-8e25-6b1f90bbff85, Status: Completed
 - Sent bytes: 1310245 of 1310245 (100%), Received bytes: 49 of 49
Completed: c5593753-d155-425a-8e25-6b1f90bbff85, Status Code: 200
 - Response updated; Header count: 9*

So in one sense the up-loader is working but then again this wrong cause the file has not completed 100%, in actual.I have tested a 10 MB file and the issue remains the same.Progress at 100% and "Completed" status come only after 3 mins.

I am using the same upload sample provide in ,http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Background-Transfer-Sample-d7833f61 .

The code is I have used is as follows:

private async void StartUpload_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {

       if (ApplicationView.Value == ApplicationViewState.Snapped && !ApplicationView.TryUnsnap())
        {
            rootPage.NotifyUser("File picker cannot be opened in snapped mode. Please unsnap first.", NotifyType.ErrorMessage);
            return;
        }

        FileOpenPicker picker = new FileOpenPicker();
        picker.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
        StorageFile file = await picker.PickSingleFileAsync();

        Uri uri;


        string uploadFileURl = "https://dummy.com/Link1/Link2";


        if (!Uri.TryCreate(uploadFileURl, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out uri))
        {
            rootPage.NotifyUser("Invalid URI.", NotifyType.ErrorMessage);
            return;
        }

        if (file == null)
        {
            rootPage.NotifyUser("No file selected.", NotifyType.ErrorMessage);
            return;
        }

        BackgroundUploader uploader = new BackgroundUploader();

        uploader.Method = "POST";
        uploader.SetRequestHeader("uid", "1@test.com");
        uploader.SetRequestHeader("pwd","test");



        uploader.SetRequestHeader("file_name", file.Name);
        uploader.SetRequestHeader("p", "/");

        //just hard coding the particular file size for sample here
        Int64 size = 221390;
        uploader.SetRequestHeader("file_size", size.ToString());


        UploadOperation upload = uploader.CreateUpload(uri, file);



        // Attach progress and completion handlers.
        await HandleUploadAsync(upload, true);
    }

  private async Task HandleUploadAsync(UploadOperation upload, bool start)
    {

        try
        {
            LogStatus("Running: " + upload.Guid, NotifyType.StatusMessage);

            Progress<UploadOperation> progressCallback = new Progress<UploadOperation>(UploadProgress);
            if (start)
            {

                // Start the upload and attach a progress handler.
                await upload.StartAsync().AsTask(cts.Token,progressCallback);
            }
            else
            {
                // The upload was already running when the application started, re-attach the progress handler.
                await upload.AttachAsync().AsTask(cts.Token, progressCallback);
            }

            ResponseInformation response = upload.GetResponseInformation();

            LogStatus(String.Format("Completed: {0}, Status Code: {1}", upload.Guid, response.StatusCode),
                NotifyType.StatusMessage);
        }
        catch (TaskCanceledException)
        {
            LogStatus("Canceled: " + upload.Guid, NotifyType.StatusMessage);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

                throw; 

        }
    }

  private void UploadProgress(UploadOperation upload)
    {
        MarshalLog(String.Format("Progress: {0}, Status: {1}", upload.Guid, upload.Progress.Status));

        BackgroundUploadProgress progress = upload.Progress;

        double percentSent = 100;
        if (progress.TotalBytesToSend > 0)
        {
            percentSent = progress.BytesSent * 100 / progress.TotalBytesToSend;
        }

        //MarshalLog(String.Format(" - Sent bytes: {0} of {1} ({2}%)",
        //  progress.BytesSent, progress.TotalBytesToSend, percentSent));

        MarshalLog(String.Format(" - Sent bytes: {0} of {1} ({2}%), Received bytes: {3} of {4}",
            progress.BytesSent, progress.TotalBytesToSend, percentSent,
            progress.BytesReceived, progress.TotalBytesToReceive));

        if (progress.HasRestarted)
        {
            MarshalLog(" - Upload restarted");
        }

        if (progress.HasResponseChanged)
        {
            // We've received new response headers from the server.
            MarshalLog(" - Response updated; Header count: " + upload.GetResponseInformation().Headers.Count);

            // If you want to stream the response data this is a good time to start.
            // upload.GetResultStreamAt(0);
        }
    }

Answer 1

I believe the issue is resolved now. Its a simple DNS setting issue.

If systems are behind Proxy:

1. Go to gpedit.msc -> Under Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Isolation.
2. Internet Proxy Servers for apps must be enabled with "IPaddress:Port" syntax.
3. Run the command line: netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie

If systems are not behind Proxy:

Please ensure that the DNS server settings in the system setting is proper. Meaning, for Preferred & Secondary DNS servers actual DNS server addresses must be provided and not the Proxy server address.