Questions tagged [azure-mobile-services]

Windows Azure Mobile Apps provides a turnkey backend solution to power your mobile app by allowing you to easily add structured storage, user authentication and push notifications to your iOS, Android, Cordova, Windows (UWP) and Windows Phone (8.1) apps.

Welcome to the Azure Mobile Apps tag!

Azure Mobile Apps is the successor to Azure Mobile Services and still makes it easy to add offline data query using Azure cloud databases to your Android, iOS, Xamarin, UWP (Windows Store) and WPF applications.

To submit bugs or do feature requests, file an issue on GitHub.

Both the Client SDKs (iOS Native, Android Native, .NET, Xamarin and Cordova) and Server SDKs (for ASP.NET and Node.js) are available in the https://github.com/azure organization. Look for azure-mobile-apps

Azure Mobile Services is no longer available.

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How to use Azure Mobile Services from Xamarin.Forms?

I try to use the Azure Mobile Services from my simple Forms app and it don't work. The last command just run forever. I checked the internet connection with a WebClient and it is okay. The code works fine in a simple Windows console application. …
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Why is there a string ID in the data model of Azure Mobile Apps?

I'm working the C# in Azure Mobile Apps trying to learn them. I created the Model to link to my Azure SQL DB, created a DataObject like this: public class Account : EntityData { //public int id { get; set; } public string FirstName { get;…
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Azure Mobile Services / VS Tools for Cordova - 404

I'm trying to get started with Azure Mobile Services and Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova. (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/dn879353.aspx) I want to use the Mobile Service for push notifications. I've created the service, with a Node…
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TableController vs ApiController in Azure Mobile Apps

I'm just getting started with Mobile Apps. I'm used to making APIs with ApiController of Web API. The default project template for Mobile Apps in VS2015 comes with a sample TodoItemController that inherits from TableController. It looks like there…
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Azure - Firebase Remote Config Equivalent

Are there any features available in Azure that is equivalent to Firebase Remote Config which allows roll out of features to a mobile app without a republish? I have looked at the Azure mobile and other services offered in Azure. But, nothing seems…
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How to regenerate Azure AppsServices Auth Signing Key (WEBSITE_AUTH_SIGNING_KEY)

Lets say my WEBSITE_AUTH_SIGNING_KEY was compromised. Is there a way to generate a new one? I tried going to kudu, opening the console and typing set WEBSITE_AUTH_SIGNING_KEY = new key. It works but as soon as the site is restarted it goes back to…
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Azure App Service, Mobile Apps or Api Apps; what is the difference?

I have reading about the new Azure offerings and trying to figure out what is what. The documentation I have been finding all over seems to have more information about the frameworks that are not valid anymore like this one here. Most of what they…
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Multiplatform MBaas similar to CloudKit?

I need to implement my CloudKit based app in Android too. Which MBaas has the most similar architecture like CloudKit? I need these features: cascade deletes able to track insert / update / delete changes in tables up from a date represented with a…
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Error adding "Azure Mobile Apps Table Controller"

I have a fresh install of Visual Studio 2017, RTM (15.0.0+26228.9). I created a new project from the "Azure Mobile App" template. (created fine) Then, under the Controllers folder, I right-clicked "Add Controller...". I tried each of the following 2…
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Azure MobileServicePushFailedException on Android

I am trying to build an Application with offline sync and followed the tutorial on Azure Now the offline storage works well, but no items are added to on the server with the following exception: Error syncAsync…
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Visual Studio 2015 freezes when adding a new Controller in Azure Mobile Service

Every time I right click the Controller folder and click add -> Controller, VS 2015 freezes. I am running on the latest win 10, VS is up to date and all the packages are the latest. I've tried different locations, checking permissions on the files…
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Signal R Vs Push Notifications for real time applications like Chat

I want to create a chat application for ios, android and windows phones as well as it should work with browsers in the future. My search led me to using Signal R with Azure Mobile Services(AMS). My questions: 1) SignalR uses Websockets under the…
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Authentication for Azure Mobile Web Services test pages

When developing a Azure Mobile Service I can run the test page when running locally. If I press the 'try it out' button i can test my api, but when published to Azure I need to authenticate to use the 'try it out' button. My question is what is the…
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Azure Mobile Services C# won't return child entities

I'm really hitting a brick wall with the new C# based Azure Mobile Services, and it's really simple too :( I can't for the life of me get the query operation to return child property values. I have the todo item of the default project modified like…
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How does Windows Azure Mobile Services differ from Azure Cloud Services?

I need to connect to a middle tier (think Azure) between both my Windows store app and WP8 app. Windows Azure Mobile Services has been proffered as a/the solution. But am I reading too much into the name "...MOBILES Services" (as one of the pieces…