Xamarine forms app fails to get data from my web api

Ive created a web Api which fetches data from my Sql Server database

I ran this Api through a web browser and it fetches my data very well, I ran it in postman tool its Ok(http:http://172.26.44.65/api/studentservices)

Ive published it in IIS and created an application which run fine.

I have now created a Xamarine forms application, for accessing it via my mobile phone and did every thing required as per the tutorials i see here on the web, However when it reaches accessing the web api to fetch data, i get the following error:

System.Net.WebException: failed to connect to /172.26.44.65 (port 80) after 120000ms: connect failed: ENETUNREACH (Network is unreachable)

What causes this error?

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This is my code

namespace StudentservicesXamarin
{
    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            GetStudents();
        }
        private async void GetStudents()
        {
            HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
            // var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://productsdemoapp.azurewebsites.net/api/products");
            // var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://localhost/STUDENTSERVICES/api/student");
            var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://172.26.44.65/studentservices/api/student");
            // http://localhost/ProductsApp/
            //var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://192.168.8.100:3574/api/Products");
            //wano
            // var products = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(response);
           var students = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(response);
            StudentListView.ItemsSource = students;
            //give a name to our list as ProductsListView
        }
    }
}

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Nkabirwa Ismail7y ago
This is my code

namespace StudentservicesXamarin
{
    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            GetStudents();
        }
        private async void GetStudents()
        {
            HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
            // var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://productsdemoapp.azurewebsites.net/api/products");
            // var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://localhost/STUDENTSERVICES/api/student");
            var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://172.26.44.65/studentservices/api/student");
            // http://localhost/ProductsApp/
            //var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://192.168.8.100:3574/api/Products");
            //wano
            // var products = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(response);
           var students = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(response);
            StudentListView.ItemsSource = students;
            //give a name to our list as ProductsListView
        }
    }
}