Presentation from TechDays Netherlands 2014 on building iOS and Android apps with Azure Mobile Services.

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3. Building iOS and
Android Apps with
Mobile Services
Sasha Goldshtein
CTO, Sela Group
Microsoft C# MVP, Azure MRS, Azure Insider
blog.sashag.net
@goldshtn

4. Who are we?
App developers
What do we hate?
Backends

5. Azure Mobile Services is a backend
for your mobile apps
… that has a free tier
… and cloud scale
… and support for all mobile
platforms

6. Platforms and Features
Platforms (client libraries)
• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone
• Windows 8
• HTML/JavaScript
• PhoneGap
• Xamarin
Features
• Data and queries
• Push notifications
• Authentication
• Server-side scripts
• Custom API
• Offline sync
• Mass push
• Git integration

7. System Diagram
Microsoft Azure
SQL
Database
Node +
Express
backend
Apple Push
Notification
Service
Facebook
Auth
Provider
Server
scripts
Google
Cloud
Messaging
Twitter Auth
Provider
Custo
m API

8. Data Query, iOS
MSTable *table = [client tableForName:@‛apartment‛];
NSPredicate *predicate =
[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@‛rented == NO‛];
[table readWithPredicate:predicate
completion:^(NSArray *items, NSInteger count,
NSError* error) {
for (NSDictionary *apartment in items) {
NSLog(@‛%@ %d‛, apartment[@‛address‛],
apartment[@‛bedrooms‛];
}
}];

9. Data Query, Android
MobileServiceTable<Apartment> table =
client.getTable(Apartment.class);
table.where().field(‚rented‛).eq(false)
.execute(new TableQueryCallback<Apartment>() {
public void onCompleted(List<Apartment> items,
int count, Exception e,
ServiceFilterResponse response) {
if (e != null)
for (Apartment apt : items) ...
}
});

10. Server Script
function delete(item, user, request) {
if (item.userId != user.userId) {
request.respond(
403,
‘You may only delete your own items’);
} else {
request.execute();
}
}

11. Authentication
[client loginWithProvider:@‛facebook‛
controller:self animated:YES
completion:^(MSUser *user, ...) { ... }
];
client.login(
MobileServiceAuthenticationProvider.Facebook,
new UserAuthenticationCallback() {
public void onCompleted(MobileServiceUser user,
...) { ... }
}
);

12. Demo
Building the “Rent a Home”
iOS and Android Apps

13. Questions?
Sasha Goldshtein
blog.sashag.net
@goldshtn

14. Laat ons weten wat u vindt van deze sessie! Vul de evaluatie
in via www.techdaysapp.nl en maak kans op een van de 20
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(#TechDaysNL). Gebruik hiervoor de code op uw badge.
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the 20 prizes*. Winners will be announced via Twitter
(#TechDaysNL). Use your personal code on your badge.
* Over de uitslag kan niet worden gecorrespondeerd, prijzen zijn voorbeelden – All results are final, prizes are
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