Removed installer project, will delivery releases via zip files. Added async helper file to help deal with .Result issues, added func to clean up watchers as they are eating up memory long term,

Author: ucswift

Providers/Resgrid.Providers.ApiClient/AsyncHelpers.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Resgrid.Providers.ApiClient
+{
+	public static class AsyncHelpers
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Execute's an async Task<T> method which has a void return value synchronously
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="task">Task<T> method to execute</param>
+		public static void RunSync(Func<Task> task)
+		{
+			var oldContext = SynchronizationContext.Current;
+			var synch = new ExclusiveSynchronizationContext();
+			SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(synch);
+			synch.Post(async _ =>
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					await task();
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					synch.InnerException = e;
+					throw;
+				}
+				finally
+				{
+					synch.EndMessageLoop();
+				}
+			}, null);
+			synch.BeginMessageLoop();
+
+			SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(oldContext);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Execute's an async Task<T> method which has a T return type synchronously
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T">Return Type</typeparam>
+		/// <param name="task">Task<T> method to execute</param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static T RunSync<T>(Func<Task<T>> task)
+		{
+			var oldContext = SynchronizationContext.Current;
+			var synch = new ExclusiveSynchronizationContext();
+			SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(synch);
+			T ret = default(T);
+			synch.Post(async _ =>
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					ret = await task();
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					synch.InnerException = e;
+					throw;
+				}
+				finally
+				{
+					synch.EndMessageLoop();
+				}
+			}, null);
+			synch.BeginMessageLoop();
+			SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(oldContext);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		private class ExclusiveSynchronizationContext : SynchronizationContext
+		{
+			private bool done;
+			public Exception InnerException { get; set; }
+			readonly AutoResetEvent workItemsWaiting = new AutoResetEvent(false);
+			readonly Queue<Tuple<SendOrPostCallback, object>> items =
+				new Queue<Tuple<SendOrPostCallback, object>>();
+
+			public override void Send(SendOrPostCallback d, object state)
+			{
+				throw new NotSupportedException("We cannot send to our same thread");
+			}
+
+			public override void Post(SendOrPostCallback d, object state)
+			{
+				lock (items)
+				{
+					items.Enqueue(Tuple.Create(d, state));
+				}
+				workItemsWaiting.Set();
+			}
+
+			public void EndMessageLoop()
+			{
+				Post(_ => done = true, null);
+			}
+
+			public void BeginMessageLoop()
+			{
+				while (!done)
+				{
+					Tuple<SendOrPostCallback, object> task = null;
+					lock (items)
+					{
+						if (items.Count > 0)
+						{
+							task = items.Dequeue();
+						}
+					}
+					if (task != null)
+					{
+						task.Item1(task.Item2);
+						if (InnerException != null) // the method threw an exeption
+						{
+							throw new AggregateException("AsyncHelpers.Run method threw an exception.", InnerException);
+						}
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						workItemsWaiting.WaitOne();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			public override SynchronizationContext CreateCopy()
+			{
+				return this;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

Providers/Resgrid.Providers.ApiClient/Resgrid.Providers.ApiClient.csproj

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="AsyncHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="V3\CallsApi.cs" />
     <Compile Include="V3\Models\Call.cs" />