Cloud Support for Android Applications
Good news for developers of mobile applications for the Android platform. In the cloud platform of Windows Azure Mobile Services , instrumental support for Android has been added to the existing support for Windows 8, Windows Phone and iOS. The released Android SDK is open source and is available on GitHub along with all other SDKs.
Now, Android application developers can use Windows Azure Mobile Services to get support for the following functions for free (up to 10 mobile applications) and without investing in their own infrastructure:
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Using Windows Azure Mobile Services today, you can get a single cloud backend to support all popular mobile platforms without infrastructure investments for the fastest possible start and subsequent scaling.
For mobile application developers, new content has been added on the development of Android applications along with a cloud backend. You can find it in the developer center at Mobile Services dev center . Start learning development with this article for Android developers .
The next release of the Windows Azure Training Kit will include training materials on new features. But today you can get them through the following links:
To familiarize with the new features on Channel9, Android Support in Windows Azure Mobile Services has been published.
To demonstrate the use of the cloud backend in Android applications, code samples have been released. You can find the Fedback and Tic Tie Toe Leaderboard apps at the links.
Additional information about the Windows Azure platform in Russian can be found on the following resources:
I especially draw your attention to the published content of the Windows Azure Summit 2013 conference, which took place on February 20 in Moscow.
Now, Android application developers can use Windows Azure Mobile Services to get support for the following functions for free (up to 10 mobile applications) and without investing in their own infrastructure:
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- access to relational storage with dynamic data schema;
- integrated authentication system based on Microsoft Account, Facebook, Google and Twitter;
- push notifications for your Android applications (and all other platforms at the same time);
- sending SMS and email messages from the cloud via the SendGrid and Twilio services;
- cloud scaling from free to high loads
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services today, you can get a single cloud backend to support all popular mobile platforms without infrastructure investments for the fastest possible start and subsequent scaling.
New content
For mobile application developers, new content has been added on the development of Android applications along with a cloud backend. You can find it in the developer center at Mobile Services dev center . Start learning development with this article for Android developers .
The next release of the Windows Azure Training Kit will include training materials on new features. But today you can get them through the following links:
- Getting Started with Windows Azure Mobile Services and Android
- Building Android Apps with Windows Azure Mobile Services
To familiarize with the new features on Channel9, Android Support in Windows Azure Mobile Services has been published.
Sample Android Applications
To demonstrate the use of the cloud backend in Android applications, code samples have been released. You can find the Fedback and Tic Tie Toe Leaderboard apps at the links.
Support
Additional information about the Windows Azure platform in Russian can be found on the following resources:
- AzureHub.ru - base of technical materials, articles about Windows Azure in Russian;
- video materials, webinars, recordings of conferences about Windows Azure on TechDays.ru ;
- Facebook Azure Community on Facebook
- Microsoft e-mail channel azurerus@microsoft.com
- Windows Azure Forum
I especially draw your attention to the published content of the Windows Azure Summit 2013 conference, which took place on February 20 in Moscow.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/171779/
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