Hi,
I have xamarin forms app and I want to connect my app to my shared server mysql database. I want to connect my app with mysql database that is on real server here is the code to do this.
MySqlConnectionStringBuilder sb = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder();
sb.Server = "my ip addres or domain name";
sb.Port = 3306;
sb.UserID = "myuserid";
sb.Password = "mypassword";
sb.Database = "mydbname";
sb.CharacterSet = "utf8";
try
{
MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(sb.ToString());
if (con.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
{
con.Open(); // when connection is going to open then this happen "The type initializer for MySql.Data.MySqlClient.Replication.ReplicationManager threw an exception."
DisplayAlert("alert", "successfully connected", "ok");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
DisplayAlert("Error", ex.Message, "ok");
}
I used Xamarin.MySql.Data Plugin in my xamarin form app.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.MySql.Data/
Please help me I want to online my xamarin form app/connect to my domain cpenal hosing.