Windows Azure Mobile Services adds support for Android

Our mobile services make it easy for developers to develop colorful mobile applications. With mobile Services, developers can not only connect their applications to the easily extensible and secure backend on Windows Azure, but also store data on the cloud, authenticate users, and send push notifications. When Scott Guthrie announced the initial public preview for Windows Azure Mobile Services, he promised to develop Windows Store, Windows Phone 8, IOS and Android Application developers provide best-in-class support. We launched support for Windows store in August and will soon add iOS and Windows Phone 8 client class libraries.

As support for other platforms grows, we add a few other exciting features, such as scheduler, that can run scripts at regular intervals and automate the creation and management of mobile Services using command line tooling. Scheduler is an important addition to mobile services because it reduces complexity by simply clicking on a few buttons instead of performing a recurring task. Some applications may need to aggregate Twitter data hourly, some may need to send digest emails once a day, and some may need to perform database cleanup once a week. When developers face these challenges, they can save valuable time by building scheduler in seconds without spending a lot of time writing their own custom solutions. Collaboration with Xamarin, Twilio, SendGrid, and pusher not only expands the mobile services feature set, but also enables developers to use their favorite services to build applications on almost all mobile platforms.

In addition, Scott Guthrie recently announced several important updates to Windows Azure Mobile Services:

So far, we have been very impressed by the customers who have used mobile services. From Johnson & Johnson Digital Tiyatien Scorecard,vgtv,slot Machine to Slyfox, Mobile Services has helped developers around the world publish some really impressive connectivity applications. We can't wait to see how Android developers can add more new apps.

We are committed to making it easier for developers to build and deploy cloud-connected applications on every major mobile platform using their favorite languages, tools, and services, and we will continue to improve our products and build partnerships so that we can keep that promise.

Support for Android

Windows Azure Team works with Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. to provide Android support; MS Open Tech UB Team Development SDK, Windows Azure The team builds push support and completes portal integration. The Android SDK developed by MS Open Tech, like all mobile Services SDK, is open source and can be downloaded from the GitHub with Apache 2.0 authorization. We welcome the participation of all.

SDK, you can connect your favorite Android phone or tablet (Android 2.2 +) to the back of the cloud and through Google Cloud HTC. Deliver push notifications. It also allows you to authenticate users through Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Microsoft credentials.

Android Primer

To start learning Android Mobile Services, you can access the Windows Azure Management Portal and click the Create---> Compute---> Mobile Service--- > Create.

After you have created your mobile Services, Access QuickStart and select the Android tab. You can create new applications or connect to existing Android apps hosted on Windows Azure back-end.