Xamarin Android: Create Login With Web API Using Azure SQL Server - Part One

First we create Azure SQL Server Database. Go to Azure Portal.

Create Azure SQL server database

Step 1

Create SQL Database and Database server. Go to portal bottom + DATA SERVICES->SQL DATABASE->QUICK CREATE then give your database name, server name, and password.  After that click create SQL Database.

Step 2

Next open SQL Database Design View,  then Create New Table and name for Login.

 

Step 3

Then Create Login Table Rows. Here create three rows:  ID, Username, Password. After creating rows go to Visual studio and create New WEB API.
 

WEB API

Step 4

Open Visual Studio->New Project->Templates->Visual C#->Web ->ASP.NET Web Application, then open new pop up window and select WEB API. Then give Project Name and Project Location.

 

 
 

Step 5

Next go to Solution Explorer-> Project Name-> Models then Right Click to Add -> ADO.NET Entity Data Model then open new Dialog box then Give Item Name and follow the given steps.

 

  

Step 6

Select EF Designer from Database.

 

Step 7

Select New Connection. 

  

Step 8

Here give Server name, Username and password then finally select database.

 
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Step 11

Next go to Solution Explorer-> Project Name-> App Start -> WebApiConfig.cs. open cs code then give below code at the end of register method. This code will be converted from XML format to JSON format in output.

var json = config.Formatters.JsonFormatter;

json.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;

json.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();

config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);

Step 12

Next go to Solution Explorer-> Project Name-> Controllers then Right Click to Add->Controllers then Open New Popup window you can choose Web API 2 Controller with read/write actions after give controller name.

 

 

 

Step 13

Then Open once you have created ControllerName.cs. Here you create two methods, Xamarin_reg and Xamarin_login.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;
using XamarinLogin.Models;
namespace XamarinLogin.Controllers
{
    public class LoginController: ApiController
    {
        xamarinloginEntities db = new xamarinloginEntities();
        /
        [HttpPost]
        [ActionName("XAMARIN_REG")]
        // POST: api/Login
        public HttpResponseMessage Xamarin_reg(string username, string password)
        {
            Login login = new Login();
            login.Username = username;
            login.Password = password;
            db.Logins.Add(login);
            db.SaveChanges();
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, "Successfully Created");
        }
        [HttpGet]
        [ActionName("XAMARIN_Login")]
        // GET: api/Login/5
        public HttpResponseMessage Xamarin_login(string username, string password)
        {
            var user = db.Logins.Where(x => x.Username == username && x.Password == password).FirstOrDefault();
            if (user == null)
            {
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized, "Please Enter valid UserName and Password");
            }
            else
            {
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, "Success");
            }
        }
    }
}

Next steps --  How to Publish WEB API  in  Azure Portal.

Step 14

Next go to Solution Explorer-> Project Name then Right Click to Click Publish then open new popup window for Publish Web.

  

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Finally, we have successfully created and Hosted  WEB API Using Azure SQL Server database.