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Windows Phone 7. Tile notifications can update the images and texts of application tiles.

Windows Phone 7

Tile notifications are ideal for applications that convey small amounts of information, especially when that information changes frequently. For example, weather reports and compass headings are both good candidates for this category. You will implement the tile notifications application in the same three steps you followed to implement toast notifications, namely the following: Create a Windows Phone 7 Notification client application. This application will establish a notification channel.Create and execute the Windows Forms client. 1. You will take the PNClient application that you have created and enhance it to accept tile notifications in addition to toast notifications. Launch Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone and open the PNClient project.Locate the BindToShell function inside the MainPage.xaml.cs file. 2. iOS 5.1. Learn how to add Push Notifications into your iPhone app!

iOS 5.1

Update 4/12/2013: Fully updated for iOS 6 (original post by Matthijs Hollemans, update by Ali Hafizji). In iOS, apps can’t do a lot in the background. Apps are only allowed to do limited set of activities so battery life is conserved. But what if something interesting happens and you wish to let the user know about this, even if they’re not currently using your app? For example, maybe the user received a new tweet, their favorite team won the game, or their dinner is ready. Luckily, Apple has provided a solution to this. And when an event of interest occurs, the server-side component can send the app a push notification! Display a short text messagePlay a brief soundSet a number in a badge on the app’s icon You can combine these however you see fit; for example, play a sound and set the badge but not display a message. Apple Push Notification Service. With Mac OS X Lion, an app can take advantage of the same API used in iOS to push badge numbers to applications running on Mac OS X.

Apple Push Notification Service

With the release of OS X Mountain Lion, users can receive push notifications through Notification Center. If the application is not open when the notification is received, the app will be badged and added to the dock (until the badge is cleared) to notify users. Mac OS X Server uses APNs to push the server's mail, calendar and contacts services to network users. Devices such as the iPhone and applications like Mail and Calendar on the Mac can receive push notifications from Mac OS X server.

Each notification is restricted to a maximum size of 256 bytes. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Using push notifications in AIR iOS apps. Troubleshooting Push Notifications. AIR * Utilisation des notifications Push. Apple Push Notification Service native extension for Adobe AIR. Here’s another AIR native extension for iOS I’m currently working on – Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) support.

Apple Push Notification Service native extension for Adobe AIR

It’s almost complete – the most important things are there. You can register to APNs, get your device token and receive remote notification in ActionScript – everything that you need to build a great app. Grab the source from github: Using the Push Notifications native extension for iOS. Push notifications are a powerful feature for engaging users in mobile apps, enabling you to share news and updates, bring lapsed users back to your app, and even update the state of an app remotely.

Using the Push Notifications native extension for iOS

Setting up push notifications can be a complicated affair, but with the EasyPush Notifications native extension for iOS, you can implement push simply and efficiently: Handle the server side of notifications with Urban Airship (the biggest, most reliable provider of push services) with simple setup and one million free messages per monthActivate basic push notifications in your Adobe AIR app with just three lines of ActionScript 3 codeAutomatically display native UI popups for notifications–or design your ownImplement custom events or design your own message formatJumpstart development with a complete sample application, ActionScript 3 documentation, and an illustrated guide for every step of the iOS Provisioning Portal setup process Create a new App ID Figure 1.

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ANE / Push notification iOS & Android. Extending AIR for Android. *** The following is totally unsupported by Adobe ****** UPDATE: Adobe has officially added native extensions to AIR.

Extending AIR for Android

I highly recommend you use that approach instead of mine. *** Adobe AIR provides a consistent platform for desktop and mobile apps. While consistency is very important there are times when developers need to extend beyond the common APIs. If you’d like to follow along you will need the following prerequisites: Before getting started, a little background will help. AIR for Android applications are also distributed as APK files. Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework - Android. As3c2dm – AIR native extension to push notifications with C2DM at The Space For App Developers. Windows 8. By Peter von Lochow - .Net.