Easily build a complete Cloud backend for your Android apps

MP4 | Video: 1280x720 | 55 kbps | 44 KHz | Duration: 4 Hours | 833 MB

Genre: eLearning | Language: English

Create a backend for your Android apps using Azure Mobile Services in just a few hours. No iOS, HTML, C# or .NET!

This course is a complete guide on how to create a backend for your Android apps using Azure Mobile Services.

Target audience

It is designed for Android developers using Java with Android Studio and JavaScript on Node.JS for the backend logic. No iOS, HTML, C# or .NET!

Course goal

Give you a head start with Mobile Services so you can be productive in less than a day.

Tools

We'll use Android Studio, Chrome and Postman running on a Mac. You can of course use Linux or Windows.

What you'll learn

What are Azure and Mobile Services

Why choose Mobile Services over Parse

How to figure out pricing

How to use the ToDo sample app

How to store data in structured storage

How to expose your data using a REST API

How to query your data using the open source Java Mobile Services SDK

How to add backend logic using JavaScript running on Node.JS

How to create a custom API and expose it with REST

How to clone the Git repo locally

How to schedule jobs

How to install Node modules

How to send emails using SendGrid

How to send SMS using Twilio

How to protect your data using authorization

How to use 3rd party authentication services (Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft)

How to send push notifications using Google Cloud Messaging

How to target specific devices using tags when sending push notifications

How to log information

How to use the Kudu debug console

How to scale your backend