[ADDITION] servercommunication towards the client.

Still in progress not functional because of a null exception when receiving the broadcast message.

Client/Client.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Client
 
         private void handleData(byte[] message)
         {
-            byte id = message[0];
+            byte id = message[4];
             byte[] payload = new byte[message.Length - 1];
             Array.Copy(message, 1, payload, 0, message.Length - 1);
             switch (id)
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ namespace Client
                     string textUsername = combo.Item1;
                     string textMsg = combo.Item2;
                     //TODO display username and message in chat window
-                    Debug.WriteLine("Message username: {0}\t Message: {1}", textUsername, textMsg);
+
+                    Debug.WriteLine("[CLIENT] User name: {0}\t User message: {1}", textUsername, textMsg);
                     break;
 
                 case JSONConvert.LOBBY:

Client/ViewModels/ViewModelGame.cs

@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ namespace Client.ViewModels
 
         public ViewModelGame()
         {
-            if (_payload == null)
-            {
-                _message = "";
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                _message = _payload.message;
-                _username = _payload.username;
-            }
+            //if (_payload == null)
+            //{
+            //    _message = "";
+            //}
+            //else
+            //{
+            //    _message = _payload.message;
+            //    _username = _payload.username;
+            //}
             OnKeyDown = new RelayCommand(ChatBox_KeyDown);
         }
 

Server/Models/ServerClient.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using SharedClientServer;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
         private byte[] totalBuffer = new byte[1024];
         private int totalBufferReceived = 0;
         public User User { get; set; }
+        private ServerCommunication serverCom = ServerCommunication.INSTANCE;
         
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -116,7 +118,17 @@ namespace Server.Models
                     string textUsername = combo.Item1;
                     string textMsg = combo.Item2;
 
+                    Debug.WriteLine("[SERVERCLIENT] User name: {0}\t User message: {1}", textUsername, textMsg);
+
+                    dynamic dataPacket = new
+                    {
+                        username = textUsername,
+                        message = textMsg
+                    };
+
                     // todo handle sending to all except this user the username and message to display in chat
+                    //serverCom.SendToAllExcept();
+                    serverCom.sendToAll(JSONConvert.GetMessageToSend(JSONConvert.MESSAGE, dataPacket));
                     break;
 
                 case JSONConvert.LOBBY:

SharedClientServer/JSONConvert.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace SharedClientServer
         public static (string,string) GetUsernameAndMessage(byte[] json)
         {
             string msg = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(json);
+            Debug.WriteLine("Sent data: {0}", msg);
             dynamic payload = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(msg);
             
             return (payload.username, payload.message);
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ namespace SharedClientServer
         }
 
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// constructs a message that can be sent to the clients or server
         /// </summary>