Task keeps waiting for activation

Question

I trying to use an API using Microsoft.Http. I followed the samples giving here http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/advanced/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client, but my task does not complete, keeps in status WaitingForActivation

Login button:

    private void btnLogin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        try {
            var t = Api.LoginAsync( tbUsername.Text, tbPassword.Text);
            t.Wait();
            _Token = t.Result;
        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            ShowError(ex.Message);
        }
    }

Api class

static class Api {
    private const string URLBase = "http://localhost:28929/";

    public static async Task<string> LoginAsync(string Username, string Password ) {
        using (var client = new HttpClient()) {
            client.BaseAddress = new Uri(URLBase);
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

            // HTTP POST
            var VM = new Usuario() { Username = Username, Password = Password};
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("api/login", VM);
            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {
                return await response.Content.ReadAsAsync<string>();
            }
            else {
                throw new ApplicationException("No se pudo ingresar. Error: " + response.StatusCode.ToString());
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You need to make your event handler async as well:

private async void btnLogin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    try {
        _Token = await Api.LoginAsync( tbUsername.Text, tbPassword.Text);

    }
    catch (Exception ex) {
        ShowError(ex.Message);
    }
}