Why I am getting a http request exception ?

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Hi . I am trying to execute this simple code but it fails and i get

Quote:

System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request ?

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Here is my .cs file

Quote:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using FetchActor.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Collections;

namespace FetchActor
{
public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{




HttpClient connection = new HttpClient();
MovieService movieService = new MovieService();




public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();

}




private async void searchBarByActor_SearchButtonPressed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{



var _connection = await connection.GetStringAsync("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/keyword?api_key=ab3da1af35c55cc8b3780fbc9a2bf259&query=Charlize%20Theron&page=1");


}
}

the code never goes past GetStringAsync and i get the error.
any ideas on what could this be please ?

What I have tried:

The code simply declare an HttpCLient and then I use the GetStringMethod. the same code used to work. I don't know why it doesn't now.

I searched google and stackoverflow and couldn't get the answer.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.