Techorama 2015: Push Notifications in Xamarin

Learn about Push on all the major platforms. Cover some options for sending notifications (Azure, Urban Airship, PushSharp), and show how to implement them in Xamarin Android and iOS apps.

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1. Jonathan  Dick @redth Push  Notifications  in  Xamarin
2. http://tinyurl.com/push-­be Have  an  Android  Device? Please  download  and  run  Push  Monkey right  now:
3. What  are  Push  Notifications? 3
4. Why? 4 • Timely • Efficient • Scalable • Standardized
5. A  bit  of  History… 5 ‘Invented’  by Blackberry IMAP ‘IDLE’ ‘Reinvented’  by Apple
6. How  do  they  work? 6
7. Apple  Push  Notification  Service 7 • APNS • Binary  Protocol  – There  be  dragons! • Predefined  Message  types • iOS  7+  – Remote  Background  notifications
8. Google  Cloud  Messaging 8 • GCM  formerly  known  as  C2DM • JSON  over  HTTP • No  predefined  UI  – Raw  key/value  pairs • Amazon  Fire  OS  uses  same  protocol • XMPP  alternative  transport
9. Windows  Notification  Service 9 • WNS,  MPNS  (for  Phone  -­ deprecated) • XML  over  HTTP • Many  different  templates • Tiles,  badges,  toasts,  raw
10. Other  Platforms 10 • Amazon  Kindle  Fire  OS • Amazon  Fire  Phone • Baidu • Firefox  Phone • Ubuntu  Phone • Safari • Chrome • …
11. How  to  send  them 11 • DIY • Amazon  SNS • Urban  Airship • Parse • PushSharp • Azure
12. Demo 12
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