// Perform request to get usds value and set the price to be used by calculator.
public async void GetCurrentPriceUsd()
{
RestService _restService = new RestService();
BTCtoUSDto result = await _restService.GetCurrentPrice(Constants.btcEndpoint);
currPrice.Text = result.Price.ToString();
priceInUSD = Convert.ToDouble(result.Price);
// System.Console.WriteLine("price: --> " + priceInUSD.ToString());
// By default start calculation on 1 btc, done here because need to wait
// RestService get the price for caculations.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(btcs.Text))
{
btcs.Text = "1";
}
else
{
double inBtcs = Convert.ToDouble(btcs.Text);
// Cast to int to verify if the value is integer, then convert to USD when refresh button is clicked
int btcsInt = (int)inBtcs;
if (btcsInt == inBtcs)
{
CalculateUSDs();
}
else
{
CalculateBTCs();
}
}
}
public async Task <BTCtoUSDto> GetCurrentPrice(string uri)
{
BTCtoUSDto currentBtc = null;
try
{
HttpResponseMessage response = await _client.GetAsync(uri);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
currentBtc = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <BTCtoUSDto>(content);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("\tERROR {0}", ex.Message);
}
return(currentBtc);
}