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Open up the sample that comes with ECO:

Open up the sln and ignore/ok this:

You will see this:

The ReadMe explains the missing projects, but since you are a developer, you will probably not read it.

Delete the missing projects and add new references to MonoAndroidApplication1.

Choose browse and find the assemblies you downloaded in the PhoneBuilds.zip

Define what to start:

Hit F5 – This window shows:

Start emulator Image: Pick MonoAndroid_API_10

When the Emulator runs:

Choose it:

And you get this window, the Root directory of our PersistenceServer:

This is a simple WPF UI that shows the information in our “database”:

This is the Phone App:

Press the first button:

The text of the button was updated. The code on the phone:

void button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    EcoServiceHelper.GetPersistenceService(_ecospace).Refresh(true);
    Button button = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.MyButton);
    IObjectList list = EcoServiceHelper.GetOclPsService(_ecospace).Execute("Class1.allinstances->select(a|a.Class2->notempty)");
    int noOfC1ThatHasC2s = list.Count;
    string extra="";
    if (list.Count > 0)
        extra = list[0].GetValue<Class1>().Attribute1;

    int noOfC1 = EcoServiceHelper.GetExtentService(_ecospace).AllInstances<Class1>().Count;

    button.Text = "db updated, Now C1 Total: " + noOfC1.ToString() + ", Total of C1 that has C2's " + noOfC1ThatHasC2s.ToString() + " " + extra;        
    
}

The code makes use of some ECO services.

The other buttons Code:

void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Button button2 = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.MyButton2);
    
    Class1 c1 = new Class1(_ecospace);
    c1.Attribute1 = "Created on android by mono " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
    button2.Text = "c1 created";

    _ecospace.UpdateDatabase();
}

We switch back to the WCF app – hit Refresh:

You can play around with the WPF app and the Phone app to ensure that objects created in one client can be seen in the other client after a Refresh.

If things do not work, consult the WCF troubleshoot.

That is all I am going to show you about the Android Phone right now. Disappointed? Don’t be – we did a lot – strongly typed model-driven business objects on the phone with a WCF connection to the server – that persists everything and lets you find what is on the server.