WindowsPhone 8.0 vs WindowsPhone 8.1:Now HttpClient is alternative for WebCleint(C#-XAML)

Introduction:

Previously in windowsphone 8.0 ,to request webservcie we are using "WebClient " class which is available from "System.Net" namespace.And now "Webclient" is no longer available for windowsphone store 8.1.So what is alternative for "WebClient" is "HttpClient" class which is avaialable from "Windows.Web.Http or System.Net.Http" name space's.

Note:HttpWebRequest is still available for both windowsphone store 8.1 & silverlight windowsphone

Description:

Ok lets start to comaprisions between 'WebClient' and 'HttpClient ' .

WindowsPhone 8.0:

In wp8.0  we are using WebClient instance and then uses it to download data from a server(i.e WebService).So lets remember it now

C#

void GetServiceData()  
        {  
            WebClient webclient = new WebClient();  
            Uri uristring = null;  
           //Please replace your webservice url here        
            uristring = new Uri("http://example.com/datalist.aspx");                                       webclient.Headers["ContentType"] = "application/json";  
            webclient.DownloadStringCompleted += wc_DownloadloadStringCompleted;  
            webclient.DownloadStringAsync(uristring,"");  
        }  
        private void wc_DownloadloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)  
        {  
            try  
            {  
                  
                if (e.Result != null)  
                {  
                    string ResponseResult = e.Result.ToString();  
                    //To Do Your functionality  
                }  
            }  
            catch  
            {  
            }  
        }

WindowsPhone 8.1:

As we earlier discussion from "Introduction" section,now "WebClient" class is no longer available for windows phone store 8.1 .But it is still available in silverlight windowsphone 8.1.

So now we are going to use "HttpClient" to request data from server(i.e WebService)

C#

void GetServiceData()  
        {  
            HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); 
            string ResponceResult= await client.GetStringAsync(new Uri("http://example.com/datalist.aspx"));  

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