I am developing system composed of WCF service and Xamarin.Forms client app. Seems like my application connects to server just fine (client has status Open when I check before invoking any methods), but after I try to invoke a service method, I am getting System.Net.WebException:
There was no endpoint listening at {0} that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.
And the inner exception is:
System.Net.WebException: There was an error on processing web request: Status code 404(NotFound): Not Found
I can access service via web browsers on both pc and phone with address http://localhost:4408/DatabaseService.svc or http://192.168.8.106:4408/DatabaseService.svc but I get the exception when I am trying to invoke any methods from my app.
My client app is connecting to the host and invokes methods like this:
public App()
{
var binding = new BasicHttpBinding();
var timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30);
binding.SendTimeout = timeout;
binding.ReceiveTimeout = timeout;
dbClient = new DatabaseServiceClient(binding, new EndpointAddress("http://192.168.8.106:4408/DatabaseService.svc"));
dbClient.Test();
}
My service is hosted by this simple program:
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Uri baseAddress = new Uri("http://192.168.8.106:4408/DatabaseService.svc");
ServiceHost selfHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(DatabaseService.DatabaseService), baseAddress);
try
{
selfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(DatabaseService.IDatabaseService), new WSHttpBinding(), "DatabaseService");
ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior
{
HttpGetEnabled = true
};
selfHost.Description.Behaviors.Add(smb);
selfHost.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Host Status: " + selfHost.State);
Console.WriteLine("Host Addresses: " + selfHost.BaseAddresses.Count);
foreach (var x in selfHost.BaseAddresses)
Console.WriteLine(" - " + x.AbsoluteUri);
Console.WriteLine("<q to close >");
string command = "";
while (command != "q")
command = Console.ReadLine();
selfHost.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Host shutdown");
Console.ReadLine();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception thrown:\n" + e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
selfHost.Abort();
}
}
}
Part of my applicationhost.config edited by me is:
<site name="OutdoorGame" id="2">
<application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool">
<virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="F:\Studia\Magisterka\Github\Serwer\OutdoorGame\OutdoorGame" />
</application>
<bindings>
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:4408:localhost" />
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:4408:127.0.0.1" />
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:4408:192.168.8.106" />
</bindings>
</site>
I tried to stick to the tips included here: https://learn.microsoft.com/pl-pl/xamarin/xamarin-forms/data-cloud/web-services/wcf and I should also mention, that my services are working just fine, when accesed via ISS Express WCF Test Client.
I think I am missing something very simple but I have no clue what would it be. Any help will be much appreciated.
I probably should also show part of Web.config of the server:
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5.2" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="basicHttp"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288"
maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text"
textEncoding="utf-8"
useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<security mode="Transport">
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="false" />
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
<services>
<service name="DatabaseService.DatabaseService">
<endpoint
address="http://192.168.8.106:4409/DatabaseService.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="basicHttp"
contract="DatabaseService.IDatabaseService"/>
</service>
</services>
<protocolMapping>
<add scheme="http" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="basicHttp"/>
</protocolMapping>
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
<!--
To browse web app root directory during debugging, set the value below to true.
Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing web app folder information.
-->
<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
</system.webServer>
Okey, so since I don't have much time, I basically gave up on this and just went to previous version of my project. Now my files look like this:
Connecting like this:
{
dbClient = new DatabaseServiceClient(new BasicHttpBinding(), new EndpointAddress("http://192.168.8.106:13409/DatabaseService.svc"));
}
applicationhost.config
<site name="DatabaseService" id="2">
<application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool">
<virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="F:\Studia\Magisterka\Github\Serwer\OutdoorGame\DatabaseService" />
</application>
<bindings>
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:13409:localhost" />
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:13409:192.168.8.106" />
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:13409:127.0.0.1" />
</bindings>
</site>
My web.config is basically default.
Ports used are different because meanwhile I tried to create a new service (thought that could solve the problem) and that could be the thing. Thanks to Ding Peng now I know, that I don't need service host, IIS Express is enough to host it.
Thanks guys for help.