Chapter 6
Web Services and Push Notifications
WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER
- Consuming web services
- Parsing data
- How to manage push notifications
- Understanding interstitial ads
- How to create and display ads
Today’s smartphones come with mobile data service and the traditional voice call service. Wi-Fi is also a common component and widely used at home or in public places. This ubiquitous connectivity provides opportunities for mobile applications to access the Internet in various ways. Many websites offer web service APIs that a client can consume regardless of what software platforms the application runs on. This chapter looks into what Windows Phone 7 (WP7) provides for consuming web services. You’ll learn about the push notification service, a key service that can post data to applications on devices for a web service. This chapter also explores mobile advertising and major mobile advertising providers.
USING WEB SERVICES
How do you consume popular web services on WP7? This section will answer that question. For those not familiar with web service technologies, a primer of web services is provided. Developers who have used web services on iOS and Android will find it useful to leverage their knowledge of those platforms in order to move to WP7. Therefore the section will also provide a brief coverage of using web services on iOS and Android, followed by a detailed discussion of making web service calls and parsing web service data on WP7.
A Primer of Web Services
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