Spaniel

Spaniel is a MVVM Xamarin.Forms app for iOS and Android to help run health checkups on your RESTful web service endpoints. I wrote the app while going through the MVVM class in Xamarin University (XAM320 which I'd highly recommend) so the architecture is closely modeled after that.

Features

• Standard layout for phone and master-detail layout for tablet devices
• Quick actions for devices that support 3D Touch
• See details from each HTTP response: status code, time, body
• Run the endpoints all together, individually, or by search filter
• Provide parameter values and filter definitions for each endpoint if desired
• Ability to export a project as a .spaniel file and share via AirDrop, Email, or other apps and import into Spaniel on other devices
• Handy swipe context actions to duplicate or delete endpoints, or edit a project's settings
• Get up and running quickly! App comes pre-loaded with a project to test the HttpBin.org base URL and several of its endpoints as examples
• Response bodies are cleaned up to save space whenever the app is backgrounded.

Directions

Add a base URL for your project and then specify the endpoints to test. Run the endpoints to ensure they're up, healthy, and returning responses that you expect.

Known Limitations

• Currently, only GET requests are supported - HttpClient.GetAsync()

iOS:

• Endpoint results from quick actions disappear after going back to ProjectList page and stay gone till app is force-closed
• LaunchScreen.storyboard image on iPad doesn’t look too hot

Android:

• Styling needs a bit of love still
• Need to test on a tablet device
• Exporting a project only works with some apps (Google Drive)
• Importing spaniel files doesn't work. For some reason, the OS doesn't recognize Spaniel as an app that can open .spaniel files.
• Sometimes get this exception which causes an app crash, but don't know where it's coming from: Cannot access a disposed object. Object name: 'Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.TextCellRenderer+TextCellView'

Feature Wishlist

• Support for more REST verbs
• Support for secure endpoints through authentication or tokens
• Supply a expected response for each endpoint so they can be validated (maybe)

Build Status

iOS	Android

Thank you Visual Studio App Center!