Questions tagged [parse-platform]

ParsePlatform provides an open source backend for powering end-user applications. Parse supports a number of different platforms, including iOS (7.0+), OS X (10.9+), Android (API level 9+), Unity 5, and Windows (8+), as well as web applications. SDKs are available for a number of these platforms.

Features

• User session management
• Data persistence
• Push notifications (iOS, OS X, Android)
• Social integration
• Cloud code execution

Getting help with Parse

Tag any answerable code-level questions specific to Parse with the parse-platform tag.

Parse is designed to be a self-service platform. You may refer to Parse's documentation for more information on using Parse. Parse also provides a community forum as a place to reach out to other Parse developers with general questions.

If you found a bug or something is not working as expected in the Parse SDKs, please open an issue on the relevant GitHub repository.

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Code examples

• Android Example: persistence

  // Create a new Parse object
  ParseObject post = new ParseObject("Post");
  post.put("title", "Hello World");
  // Save it to Parse
  post.saveInBackground();
  

• Android example: push notification

  // Subscribe to a push channel
  PushService.subscribe(context, "galaxy_nexus_news", YourActivity.class);
  // Push to the channel from the client
  ParsePush push = new ParsePush();
  push.setMessage("The new Galaxy Nexus has been released!!");
  

• iOS Example (Swift): persistence

  var gameScore = PFObject(className:"GameScore")
  gameScore["score"] = 1337
  gameScore["playerName"] = "Sean Plott"
  gameScore["cheatMode"] = false
  gameScore.saveInBackgroundWithBlock {
    (success: Bool, error: NSError?) -> Void in
    if (success) {
      // The object has been saved.
    } else {
      // There was a problem, check error.description
    }
  }
  

• iOS Example (Objective-C): Query Constraints

   // Using PFQuery
   [query whereKey:@"playerName" notEqualTo:@"Michael Yabuti"];
   [query whereKey:@"playerAge" greaterThan:@18];
  
   // Using NSPredicate
   NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat: @"playerName != 'Michael Yabuti' AND playerAge > 18"];
   PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"GameScore" predicate:predicate];