How to deal with timeout when accessing a web service?

How to implement timeout and retry while accessing a web service before throwing an error?

• I am developing a WP8 application. I created a web service on out-systems and then I am calling those web service methods in my app: ServiceReference1.WebServiceClient ws = new WebServiceClient(); ws.FetchInboxAsync(EmailId); Now what I want is 10 seconds timeout while trying to access the web service and retry 3 times before throwing an error but I am not sure how to achieve this.

• Answer:

  WebServiceClient is no standard class which exists in WP8. You will have to provide details about the connection layer you are using. I assume you are ussint httpWebRequest for the connection. In this case, you can view this thread for details on how to define the timeout. After 3 timeouts you will then have to return an exception or error message. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15038875/how-to-set-timeout-for-httpwebrequest-in-windows-phone-8-app