Universal Windows project - HttpClient exception

c# .net windows-10 win-universal-app uwp
Mrk picture Mrk · Oct 20, 2015 · Viewed 12k times · Source

I'm trying to implement REST client in Universal Windows project (in Windows 10 universal app) using HttpClient, but the following line:

var response = _client.GetAsync(address).Result;

throws an AggregateException with the following message:

Access denied. A network capability is required to access this network resource

More surprisingly, the request isn't event sent to server. How can I solve this problem?

Answer

kain64b picture kain64b · Oct 20, 2015

Double click on the Package.appxmanifest file in your project.
Click on the "Capabilities" tab. Add the Private Networks capability to your project.

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