Jonathan DickDBA / DeveloperXamarin Enthusiastjondick@gmail.com@redth

Push Notificationswith PushSharp

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Push Notifications

•what + why•how•platforms•PushSharp•demo•questions

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A Toast to all the Platforms!

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What

•Anti-polling

•Blackberry started it

• IMAP IDLE

•Everybody’s doing it

•Apple invented it (again)

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Why

•Timely

•Efficient

•Scalable

•Standard UX

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How

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Platforms•Google

C2DM: Cloud 2 Device Messaging GCM: Google Cloud Messaging

•WindowsWNS: Windows Notification ServiceMPNS: Microsoft Push Notification Service

•AppleAPNS: Apple Push Notification Service

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Ways to Send

•Azure Mobile Services

•Urban Airship

•Parse

•Drawbacks

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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

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PushSharp 2.0•Released mid March•Focus on refactoring

Unit testing DecouplingSimplifying

•Improved APNS•Better scalability

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DEMOThursday, May 9, 13

Q&AThursday, May 9, 13

THANK YOU

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