Problems with II7 and IIS Express

Question

I have an android application that does a GET Request to ASP.NET WEBAPI service i have created the service and it works when you open in browser while using II Express. However the application in my android device() is unable to reach the Service i created i'm using URL:http:/localhost:8306/api/uconnectservice and the LOGCAT recieved is as follows: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to /localhost(port 8306) after 10000ms. I have activated IIS7 and have tried looking over the NET.I don't know if it is server configuration issue.Pls any help or guidance needed thnx My Code For Android: String URL = "http://localhost:8306/api/uconnectservice";

    private final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

    public void run() throws Exception {
        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(URL).build();

        client.newCall(request).enqueue(new Callback() {
            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();

            }

            @SuppressLint("NewApi")
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call call, Response response) throws IOException {
                try (ResponseBody responseBody = response.body()) {
                    if (!response.isSuccessful())
                        throw new IOException("Unexpected code " + response);

                    Headers responseHeaders = response.headers();
                    for (int i = 0, size = responseHeaders.size(); i < size; i++) {
                        System.out.println(responseHeaders.name(i) + ": " + responseHeaders.value(i));
                    }

                    Log.e("Results", responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        });
    }

/////////////////////CODE FOR SERVER ASP.NET WEBAPI////////////////////
namespace UnicsPlcServices.Controllers
{
    public class UConnectServiceController : ApiController
    {
        private IUconnectRepository _UconnectHandler;

        public UConnectServiceController()
        {
            _UconnectHandler = new UconnectRepository();
        }

        public UConnectServiceController(IUconnectRepository repository)
        {
            if (_UconnectHandler == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("repository");
            }
            _UconnectHandler = repository;
        }

        // GET api/uconnectservice
        public List<AcountTypesRegistered> Get()
        {
            return _UconnectHandler.GetAll();
        }
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Answer 1

I had simmilar problem. I used android studio and visual studio with IIS express. My solution was to use classical IIS and in Android studio I used 10.0.2.2 instead of localhost.

IIS Express: You can use it, but you have to first allow external requests. (http://www.ryadel.com/en/iis-express-allow-external-requests-remote-clients-devices/)

Answer 2

Your first problem is that you're not using the IP address of the machine running the Web API, you need to use that in the Java code instead of localhost.

Your second problem is that IIS Express doesn't allow access from off localhost, but to get around that we made a free Visual Studio Extension called Conveyor, you can get it from the extensions dialog in VS or here https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a429dbb7-a982-4541-b401-934375c02c0f?redir=0

Without touching config files, it opens up IIS Express so you can connect to it from other machines, such as tablets and phones.