//load friends list
public async void loadFriends(Grid friendGrid, ProgressBar progressBar)
{
//the url to get our friends
var url = "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/users/self/friends?oauth_token=" + App.accessToken + "&v=" + App.date;
//bool for error
bool error = false;
//string to hold response
string response = null;
try
{
response = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
}
catch
{
//set error to true if exception was thrown
error = true;
}
//if no error then deserialize
if (!error)
{
//bool for json errors
bool jsonError = false;
//object to deserialize to
FriendsClass.RootObject fc = null;
try
{
//deserialize data
fc = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <FriendsClass.RootObject>(response);
}
catch
{
jsonError = true;
}
//if no error lets put items into list
if (!jsonError)
{
for (int x = 0; x < fc.response.friends.count; x++)
{
FriendItem.Add(new FriendItem()
{
hometown = fc.response.friends.items[x].homeCity,
id = fc.response.friends.items[x].id,
name = fc.response.friends.items[x].firstName + " " + fc.response.friends.items[x].lastName,
image = fc.response.friends.items[x].photo.prefix + "100x100" + fc.response.friends.items[x].photo.suffix
});
}
Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
{
friendGrid.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
progressBar.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
progressBar.IsEnabled = false;
});
}
}
}
