Databinding a ListView with Mono for Android: Listing 1
Making a Twitter request.
string twitterSearch = Intent.GetStringExtra("TwitterSearch");
string Url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?rpp=30&include_entities=true&result_type=mixed&q=" + twitterSearch;
try
{
// Create the web request
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(Url) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Method = "GET";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ProcessRestJsonLINQHttpResponse), request);
}
catch (WebException we)
{
Android.Util.Log.Error("http request", "Exception: " + we.Message);
}
catch (System.Exception sysExc)
{
Android.Util.Log.Error("http request", "Exception: " + sysExc.Message);
}
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