Mono for Android - Consuming WCF - help needed

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Hi,

1. I have a WCF service, deployed as part of an asp.net mvc3 application.

[ServiceContract]
    public interface ILoadService
    {
        [OperationContract]
        string SayHello(string yourName);
    }

// implemented as:
public class LoadService : ILoadService
    {
               public string SayHello(string yourName)
        {
            return "Server Said: Hello  " + yourName;
        }
    }

// The above service is deployed online with basicHttpBinding at some URL.

2. Im using code sharing techniques for Mono For Android, and hence my project setup for android app is as below

a. SharedLibrary : Which adds a Service Reference to the online WCF, and uses it to make calls through a proxy generated through SvcUtil.exe (automatically generated proxy). A file named abc.cs makes the WCF calls

using SharedLibrary.LoadServiceReference;
// WCF Service Added as Service Reference as above line.

using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

public class LoadServiceLibrary
{

    public string SayHello(string yourName)
    {
        using (LoadServiceClient client = new LoadServiceClient())
        {
            var result = client.SayHello(yourName);

            return result;
        }
    }

}

b. SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid : An Android service library that adds abc.cs from SharedLibary "as a link" so that we resolve .net dll issues where SharedLibrary is a common library and SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid uses MonoForAndroid profile.

example: same file above --> as a link

c. I have a project, say AndroidApp, that first adds the SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid as an Existing Project to the solution, adds a reference to the added project. Now the idea is to use Native UI for Android (In future, iOS WP7).

Example Android App:

using SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid; // <<-- Problem
// The above reference will not resolve
// because: SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid in turn references, SharedLibrary
// which contains the WCF reference as using MyWcfService

[Activity(Label = "Second Page")]
public class SecondActivity : Activity
{
    private ProgressDialog progressDialog;
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
    {
        base.OnCreate(bundle);

        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.ServerResponse);

        progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(this) { Indeterminate = true };
        progressDialog.SetTitle("Getting Hello Signal");
        progressDialog.SetMessage("Please wait...");
        progressDialog.Show();

        ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(item => GetResponse());
    }

    private void GetResponse()
    {
        string serverResponse;

        using (LoadService client = new LoadService())
        {
            serverResponse = client.SayHello("My Name");

            if (serverResponse != null)
            {
                RunOnUiThread(() =>
                    {
                        progressDialog.Hide();
      FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.Response).Text = serverResponse;
                    });
            }
        }
    }

Now the problem is... When i add abc.cs as Link to the SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid, the using statement contained in abc.cs (using MyWcfService) in the original project SharedLibrary does not resolve. If i add a new Web Reference, to SharedLibrary.MonoAndroid just to reslove the issue, the whole code sharing breaks down, where in in the future, i might have to add local Reference to SharedLib.iOS, sharedLib.Wp7..

Can anyone suggest a work around for this? because i don't want to break the chain of shared code, which is possible through the original shared library.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.