Xamarin Evolve 2013 - Push Notifications with PushSharp

Push Notifications are a great way to update users of you app with alerts and information in an effective, standard, and efficient way. Come and learn about what Push Notifications are and how they work on all the mobile platforms, and how you can use PushSharp to deliver notifications to your apps!

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1. Jonathan Dick DBA / Developer Xamarin Enthusiast jondick@gmail.com @redth Push Notifications with PushSharp
2. Push Notifications • what + why • how • platforms • PushSharp • demo • questions
3. A Toast to all the Platforms!
4. What • Anti-polling • Blackberry started it • IMAP IDLE • Everybody’s doing it • Apple invented it (again)
5. Why • Timely • Efficient • Scalable • Standard UX
6. How
7. Platforms • Google C2DM: Cloud 2 Device Messaging GCM: Google Cloud Messaging • Windows WNS: Windows Notification Service MPNS: Microso Push Notification Service • Apple APNS: Apple Push Notification Service
8. Ways to Send • Azure Mobile Services • Urban Airship • Parse • Drawbacks
9. PushSharp • Server Side • Client Lib for Xamarin.Android • Open Source - Apache 2 - GitHub • iOS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone, soon Firefox OS, Amazon ADM • Managed Code • Fluent-ish Notification API
10. PushSharp 2.0 • Released mid March • Focus on refactoring Unit testing Decoupling Simplifying • Improved APNS • Better scalability
11. DEMO
12. Q&A
13. THANK YOU