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Azure Mobile Services for Cross Platform Mobile Apps
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Session Speakers
Amit Dubay
Director – Cloud & MobilityWinWire TechnologiesMicrosoft Azure Certified Developer
Agenda
Offline Data Sync
Server Scripts and Push Notifications
Authentication Modes
Introduction to Azure Mobile Services
Demo
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Questions6
Introduction to Azure Mobile Services
Windows Azure Mobile Services Accelerates connected client application development by streamlining common backend tasks like structuring storage, authenticating users, and sending push notifications.
Key Scenarios
Make your app engaging and dynamicPush notifications and Live Tiles is the premier way to engage your customers. Make your app engaging and dynamic using Mobile Services Push.
Rapid DevelopmentTime is money. Get your app up and running sooner when you use Mobile Services to configure a secure backend in less than five minutes.
Make your app socialWhether your customers use Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Microsoft Account, no matter what devices they run your app on, with Mobile Services you can makes your app social and personable fast.
Basic Features
Connected Apps
SDKs
Source control, table
scripts, custom API
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SchedulerPush Notifications
Store Data in the Cloud
User Authentication
Twitter Microsoft
Google Active Director
y
SQL Table Storag
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Blob Storag
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WNS & MPNS APNS GCM
Mongo DB
Windows Store iOSAndroid
Windows Phone 8iOSAndroidHTML 5/JSXamarin
REST API
Supported Platforms
iOSWindows 8Windows Phone Android
HTML5 & Javascript
Authentication
● Mobile Services integrates with the following identity providers to make it easy to authenticate users from your app: – Microsoft Account – Facebook login – Twitter login – Google login
● To enable authentication, you must first register your app with one or more of these identity providers and then configure your mobile service.
● You must also add authentication code to your app.
● When a user login is authenticated by Mobile Services, the value of the userId property on the user object passed to server scripts is set to a value that uniquely identifies a user. This value can then be used to authorize access to data.
Server Script ObjectsName Descriptionapns Provide functionality to send notifications to Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)console Write information to Services logsgcm Provide functionality to send notifications to Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)mpns Provide functionality to send notifications to Microsoft Push Notification Service (MPNS)mssql Provides functionality for working directly with tables in the SQL Database using
Transact-SQLpush Provides access to objects that are used for sending push notifications to appsQuery Provides functionality for querying Windows Azure Mobile ServicesRequest Used to execute the requested operation and determine the response to the clientstatusCodes Enumerates the supported HTTP status codes can be returned by Windows Azure
Mobile ServicesTable Provides functionality for working with specific tables (insert, del, update, where, take,
select, etc.)tables Provides functionality for working with specific tables as a Table object instanceUser Represents the current requesting user.wns Provide functionality to send notifications to Windows Notification Service (WNS)
Server Script Modules
Name Descriptionazure Provides functionality to access Azure services (Blobs, Tables, Service Bus)
request Sends HTTP requests to external web services, such as Twitter and Facebook.
sendgrid Used to send email by using the Sendgrid email service.util Provides useful methods like format, isDate, isArray, isErrorxml2js XML to JavaScript object converterjs2xml JavaScript to XML object converterxmlbuilder Can be used to create XML documentssax A very simple tool to parse through an XML string
Push Notifications● Mobile Services can send push notifications to your
apps. ● The way that you configure and send push notifications
depends on your app.● You can send push notifications to the following
applications:– Windows Store app by using the Windows Push
Notification Service (WNS). To send push notifications to your app, you must configure your mobile service to work with WNS.
– iPhone and iPad apps by using the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). To send push notifications to your app, you must configure your mobile service to work with APNS. Do this by generating a special push notification certificate at the iOS Provisioning Portal
– Android: You can send push notifications to Android apps by using the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service. To send push notifications to your app, you must configure your mobile service to work with GCM.
– Windows Phone 8 app by using the Microsoft Push Notification Service (MPNS). Mobile Services does not require you to register your Windows Phone 8 app to send push notifications.
Offline Data Sync
Improve app responsiveness by caching server data locally on the device
Create robust apps that remain useful when there are network issues
Allow end-users to create and modify data even when there is no network access, supporting scenarios with little or no connectivity
Sync data across multiple devices and detect conflicts when the same record is modified by two devices
Limit network use on high-latency or metered networks
Offline data sync is a client and server SDK feature of Azure Mobile Apps that makes it easy for developers to create apps that are functional without a network connection
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