StreamSocketListener-based Server

[bricelam]

I know we have WebListener which appears to work fine on Windows IoT Core (see DamianEdwards/PiDnx), but would there be any value in having a server implemented over the top of WinRT's Windows.Networking.Sockets.StreamSocketListener API?

Will WebListener work work in a Windows IoT Core Background Application project?

cc @DamianEdwards @Tratcher

[Tratcher]

No idea on either account. Could make for some interesting experiments.

[moozzyk]

Weblistener actually does not really work on Windows IoT Core. After handling a few requests (I think it was 6 or so) no more requests are being handled...

[DamianEdwards]

Kestrel works on Windows IoT Core as we now include a version of libuv compiled for Windows OneCore ARM.

We haven't locked down the plan for 1.0 RTM but we're still hoping to get a non-supported build of the .NET Core CLI & redist made for Windows 10 IoT Core in that timeframe to enable interested parties to hack away. Kestrel should work fine for that.

[DamianEdwards]

Oh btw that, that template you link to is for a C# UWP app, which ASP.NET Core doesn't work in right now, as we need stuff not available in the UWP sandbox. Instead, you'd build a normal ASP.NET Core app, and run it using the host we provide for IoT Core, which is itself a C++ console app. You can even configure the host to run as a background (startup) task on the device so it's running from turn-on.

[stefan2410]

Is there any plan / road map to self host an asp.net core API with kestrel in UWP Apps ?
If not we will go the other way like GitHub desktop and/or React Native.
UWP, Edge, Store excluded.

[Tratcher]

There has been some talk of making WebListener work in UWP, but that's blocked at the moment.

[JeffMarqMetrix]

Vote for it...
https://aspnet.uservoice.com/forums/41199-general-asp-net/suggestions/32626766-support-for-asp-net-core-running-on-uwp-as-windows

[Eilon]

@muratg / @davidfowl - any idea where this issue should go? Close it?

[davidfowl]

Close it. We have no plans to write another webserver. If we did decide, maybe it could be a kestrel transport, but it really doesn't seem like a priority at the moment.