Xamarin http revised

using System;

using Android.App;
using Android.Content;
using Android.Runtime;
using Android.Views;
using Android.Widget;
using Android.OS;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Simple.OData.Client;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;

namespace ODataTest
{
    [Activity (Label = "ODataTest", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon")]
    public class MainActivity : Activity
    {
        HttpClient hc = new HttpClient ();

        protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
        {
            base.OnCreate (bundle);

            // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
            SetContentView (Resource.Layout.Main);
            Task<HttpResponseMessage> newTask = GetWebsite ();
                    newTask.ConfigureAwait (false);
            newTask.Wait ();
            var x = newTask.Result;
            //WebRequest wr = WebRequest.Create ("www.google.com");
            //WebResponse wresp = wr.GetResponse ();
        }

        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetWebsite()
        {
            var uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse ("http://www.xamarin.com");
            return await hc.GetAsync (uri.ToString());
        }
    }
}