Windows Azure Mobile Services

With Windows Azure Mobile Services you can add a scalable backend to your connected client applications in minutes. To learn more, visit our Developer Center.

Getting Started

If you are new to Mobile Services, you can get started by following our tutorials for connecting your Mobile Services cloud backend to Windows Store apps, Windows Phone 8 apps, iOS apps, and Android apps.

Download Source Code

To get the source code of our SDKs and samples via git just type:

git clone https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-mobile-services.git
cd ./azure-mobile-services/

Change log

see Change Log

Managed Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Client SDK

Our managed portable library for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Client SDK makes it incredibly easy to use Mobile Services from your Windows Store and Windows Phone 8 applications. The Windows Azure Mobile Services SDK is available as a Nuget package or you can download the source using the instructions above. The managed portable library also supports the full .NET 4.5 platform.

Prerequisites

The SDK requires Visual Studio 2012 RTM.

###Building and Referencing the SDK

The managed portable library solution includes a core portable assembly and platform-specific assemblies for each of the supported platforms: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and .NET 4.5. The core portable platform project is Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile. The platform-specific assembly projects are named using a Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.Ext.<Platform> convention. The Windows Phone 8 platform also include a Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.UI.<Platform> project that contain UI components. To build the Managed Portable Libray:

1. Open the sdk\Managed\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.Managed.sln solution file in Visual Studio 2012.
2. Press F6 to build the solution.

Running the Tests

The managed portable library Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.Managed.sln has a test application for each of the supported platforms: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and .NET 4.5.

1. Open the sdk\Managed\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.Managed.sln solution file in Visual Studio 2012.
2. Right-click on the test project for a given platform in the Solution Explorer and select Set as StartUp Project.
3. Press F5 to run the application in debug mode.
4. An application will appear with a prompt for a runtime Uri and Tags. You can safely ignore this prompt and just click the Start button.
5. The test suite will run and display the results.

iOS Client SDK

Add a cloud backend to your iOS application in minutes with our iOS client SDK. You can download the iOS SDK directly or you can download the source code using the instructions above.

Prerequisites

The SDK requires XCode 4.6.3 or greater.

###Building and Referencing the SDK

1. Open the sdk\iOS\WindowsAzureMobileServices.xcodeproj file in XCode.
2. Set the active scheme option to Framework\iOS Device.
3. Build the project using Command-B. The WindowsAzureMobileServices.framework folder should be found in the build output folder under Products\<build configuration>-iphoneos.
4. Drag and drop the WindowsAzureMobileServices.framework from a Finder window into the Frameworks folder of the Project Navigator panel of your iOS application XCode project.

Running the Tests

1. Open the sdk\iOS\WindowsAzureMobileServices.xcodeproj file in XCode.
2. Set the active scheme option to WindowsAzureMobileServices\* Simulator.
3. Open the Test\WindowsAzureMobileServicesFunctionalTests.m file in the Project Navigator panel of XCode.
4. In the setUp code, replace the <Windows Azure Mobile Service App URL> and <Application Key> with the valid URL and Application Key for a working Mobile Service.
5. Run the tests using Command-U.

Android SDK

Windows Azure Mobile Services can be used with an Android-based device using our Android SDK. You can download the Android SDK directly or you can download the source code using the instructions above.

Prerequisites

The SDK requires Eclipse and the latest Android Development Tools.

Building and Referencing the SDK

1. In the folder \azure-mobile-services\sdk\android\src\sdk\libs, run either the getLibs.ps1 script if you are running on Windows or the getLibs.sh script if you are running on Linux to download the required dependencies.
2. Import the \azure-mobile-services\sdk\android\src\sdk project into your workspace
3. Once Eclipse is done compiling, the resulting .jar file will be located in \azure-mobile-services\sdk\android\src\sdk\bin.
4. To optionally build JavaDocs, right-click the javadoc.xml file and select Run As > Ant Build.

Running the Tests

The SDK has a suite of unit tests that you can easily run.

1. Import the \azure-mobile-services\sdk\android\test\sdk.testapp.tests project in your Eclipse workspace
2. Right-click the project name and select Run As > Android JUnit Test

It also contains an end-to-end test application.

1. Use the Azure portal to create a new mobile service. Note down the service name and application key.
2. If you want to run the authentication tests, configure all four authentication providers on the "Identity" tab
3. Install node.js and then run the command npm install azure-cli -g. This installs the Azure command-line tool.
4. Use the azure account command to configure the tool to work with your Azure subscription
5. Run the SetupTables.sh script in the \azure-mobile-services\test\Android\SetupScripts folder, which uses the tool to automatically create the tables needed for the test application to work.
6. In the folder \azure-mobile-services\test\Android\ZumoE2ETestApp\libs, run either the getLibs.ps1 script if you are running on Windows or the getLibs.sh script if you are running on Linux to download the required dependencies.
7. Import the \azure-mobile-services\test\Android\ZumoE2ETestApp project in your Eclipse workspace
8. Once the app is running, go to Settings type your mobile service URL and application key
9. If you also want to test push support, get a Google Cloud Messaging API key from the Google APIs Console and paste the key in the text box labeled GCM Sender Id
10. Check the tests you want to run and then select "Run selected tests"

JavaScript SDK

Our JavaScript SDK makes it easy to use our Windows Azure Mobile Services in a Windows 8 application or an HTML client. The Windows Azure Mobile Services for WinJS SDK is available as a Nuget package or you can download the source for both WinJS and HTML using the instructions above.

Prerequisites

The Windows Azure Mobile Services for WinJS SDK requires Windows 8 RTM and Visual Studio 2012 RTM.

Building and Referencing the SDK

1. Open the sdk\JavaScript\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.JS.sln file in Visual Studio.
2. Press F6 to build the solution. This will generate a single merged JavaScript file that will be used by your application.

For WinJS Windows Store apps, copy the Generated/MobileServices[.min].js, Generated/MobileServices.DevIntellisense.js and Generated/MobileService.pri files into your WinJS project. For HTML applications, copy the Generated/MobileServices.Web[.min].js and the Generated/MobileServices.DevIntellisense.js files into your HTML\JavaScript project.

Running the Tests

To run the WinJS Windows Store test app:

1. Open the sdk\JavaScript\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.JS.sln file in Visual Studio.
2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.WinJS.Test project in the Solution Explorer and select Set as StartUp Project.
3. Press F5 to run the application in debug mode.
4. A Windows Store application will appear with a prompt for a Runtime Uri and Tags. You can safely ignore this prompt and just click the Start button.
5. The test suite will run and display the results.

To run the HTML tests:

1. Open the sdk\JavaScript\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.JS.sln file in Visual Studio.
2. In the Solution Explorer, select the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Mobile.WinJS.Test project and right-click to select 'View in Browser'.
3. The default browser will launch and run the test HTML application. Some tests may fail because due to an 'Unexpected connection failure'. This is because the test is configured to connect to a Mobile Service that does not exist. These failures can be ignored.

Need Help?

Be sure to check out the Mobile Services Developer Forum if you are having trouble. The Mobile Services product team actively monitors the forum and will be more than happy to assist you.

Contribute Code or Provide Feedback

If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please follow the instructions provided in Windows Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines.

If you encounter any bugs with the library please file an issue in the Issues section of the project.

Learn More

Windows Azure Mobile Services Developer Center