Mobile Notifications with Notification Hub

Push notifications are one of the main features of many mobile apps. They facilitate informing a user about a wait for action, or maybe about a temporary discount that is available only for minutes within an application. While each mobile OS vendor has its own service for such notifications, it's always nice to configure such a feature in one place, so we don't have to worry about changes in the underlying API or the parameters required. Azure Notification Hub simplifies things greatly by providing a single service that acts as a single endpoint for our mobile applications, easing both development and testing.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Notification Hub and its benefits ...

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