Building Cloud-Enabled Cross-PlatformMobile Apps in C# with Azure App Services

Nick LandrySenior Technical Evangelist, MicrosoftAgeofMobility.com@ActiveNick – github.com/activenick

Session Agenda

Mobile Development is Hard

*not including those purely doing it for fun or learning purposes

Developer Economics | State of the Developer Nation Q1 2015 | © VisionMobile

http://vmob.me/DE1Q15

A few mobile apps you may know…

Reducing Mobile App Development Costs

Clutch Survey | Cost to Build a Mobile App, Jan 2015 | © Clutch – http://bit.ly/1KTu2vj

C# + XIB C# + XML C# + XAML

Native UI Native UI Native UI

Optional Remote Services(ASP.NET Web API

or any server technology)

Running Your Stuff in the Cloud

Microsoft

Azure

Cloud Computing Models

App Service - one integrated offering

API Apps

Easily build and consume APIs in the cloud

Web Apps

Web apps that scale with your business

Mobile Apps

Build Mobile apps for any device

LOGIC Apps

Automate business process across SaaS and on-premises

App Service Application Composition

Web Apps Mobile AppsLOGIC Apps

API Apps

Node.js Express

.NET Web API

SQL Table Storage

Blob Storage

WNS & MPNS

APNS GCM

Mongo DB

Notification Hubs

Source Control

Facebook Twitter Microsoft Google Azure Active Directory

Windows Store

iOS

Android

Xamarin

Phonegap

Sencha

Windows Phone

iOS

Android

HTML 5/JS

SDKs

REST A

PI

Hybrid Connections

Azure Mobile Services is now App Services

Action HTTP Verb URL Suffix

Create POST /TodoItem

Read GET /TodoItem?$filter=id%3D42

Update PATCH /TodoItem/id

Delete DELETE /TodoItem/id

Data Operations and their REST Equivalents

Base REST API Endpoint URL

https://mymobileservice.azure-mobile.net/tables/*

Odata protocol

LINQ support for

the C# SDK

A Basic table

Push notification lifecycle

Registration at app launch1.

2.

Sending Notification1.

2.

Maintenance1.

Platform

Notification

Service

App back-end

Challenges of push notifications

Using Notification Hubs

One-time set up1.

Register1.

2.

Send Notification1.

2.

APNs WNS

Notification Hub

App back-end

iOS app Windows app

MPNS

GCM

ADM

Advantages of using Notification Hubs

Summary

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Try Microsoft Azure for free

AzureAppService for free

Cloud Resources

Technical Resources for Cloud Devs

http://aka.ms/trymsazure

https://manage.windowsazure.com

https://portal.azure.com/

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover

http://friday.azure.com

http://aka.ms/azurechatrblog

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Thank You!

Slides are posted on SlideShare. Demos are on GitHub.

SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick

Blog: www.AgeofMobility.com

Twitter: @ActiveNick

Mobile Apps: www.bigbaldapps.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/activenick

GitHub: github.com/ActiveNick

Email: nick.landry@microsoft.com