[aerogear-dev] Push!

[Burr Sutter]

I was thinking about this same topic last week :-)

I wonder if we can "port" a PHP or Node.js  option over to Java.

http://www.easyapns.com/

I spent a couple of hours trying to get a Cordova app + Urban Airship working last week but run into a problem.  I need to revisit it this week. 


On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Glen Daniels wrote:

> 
> Hey team,
> 
> So thinking a bit about the Android roadmap, and realizing that for
> either the Android or the iOS libs to work well (i.e. without killing
> the batteries of end-users' phones), we're going to need to do push
> integration.
> 
> A quick recap - if we want to know when data on the backend has been
> updated without a manual "refresh" button, we either have to 1) poll
> (which sucks, uses network resources, and doesn't work in the background
> on iOS devices) or 2) use push (for which there are specific APIs for
> Android and iOS, and there are also "higher level" push service
> providers such as Urban Airship).
> 
> Yes, polling can be used as a fallback, but for any serious application
> that needs live or background updates, push is the only way to go.  Yes,
> this means another coupling point to "our" server (or at least
> contract-compatible servers).
> 
> Just wanting to make sure that this is on everyone's radar.
> 
> Thoughts/comments?
> 
> --Glen
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