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3. Mobile Sample

LukasThijs edited this page Feb 24, 2020 · 1 revision

BooksQL application

The WebApiClient comes with a sample mobile application which includes an API that you should run locally. The purpose of this application is for developer to use a working application that includes all functionality that this package consumes.

Getting started

For the application to run correctly the API should be running on your local machine. The following steps should help you setup the API.

NOTE: Be sure to have .Net Core framework installed in Visual Studio.


Step 1


  • Open the project.
  • Select option on the booksQL.API project.
  • Copy the “root directory”.
step one find root

Step 2


  • Open the Terminal (CMD for Windows users).
  • Type “cd” followed by the root path you copied in the previous step.
Step 2 terminal command line
  • Type “dotnet run” if done correctly the following will will be shown in the Terminal.
step 2 terminal result

When the API is running you can run the BooksQL mobile sample application on either iOS or Android. You can navigate to any API service you like by selecting this in the side navigation menu.