Learn the Windows Phone 7 development together (12. Push Notification)

A Brief introduction

Push Notification is one of the features of Windows Phone 7 that can be disguised as multitasking for ordinary developers (although not really multitasking). It establishes a dedicated, durable, and stable channel between the mobile end application and the webservice to push notifications. When the channel is established, the handset-side application can receive any information about the webservice.

Two Classification

There are three main types of push notification:

1.Tile Notification:

Is the way to change the icon content (picture, text, etc.) in quick lanuch area. However, this requires the application pin to start before it can be used.

2.Toast Notification:

Is the way to display a tip bar on the screen. When you click on the Tip bar, you can open the application.

3.Raw Notification:

Is the way to receive (HTTP polling) notifications directly using the HTTP method. and is not visible, send notifications in the background.

For the above notifications, a service side is required to send notifications in a push-notification way, meaning that the push notification requires a service side.