I was thinking of developing an android webview application for my blog and I would want my subscribers to get notifies through push notification whenever I post a new post in y blog.
First off, is this possible?
and if Yes kindly help me to understand how.
I am looking forward to your answers. Thank you
Yes you can. In fact i did the same for my blog on wordpress.
Checkout THIS link, which will show you how to create android app for your blog. This includes complete tutorial with souce code for splash screen, Sharing feature and android webview.
Note : If you don't know how to code, still you can build android app for your blog without any extra efforts. For that you can use :
Appsgeyser
Appypie
There are many other options available you can google it.
For PUSH Notification, i suggest you to use Parse.com. Basically Parse is based on GCM (Google Cloud Messaging). To use parse in your app you need to sign up with parse. After successful sign up you will have client keys and credentials to use parse. Parse will provide a step by step code you need to just paste it in appropriate files. That's it you are done.
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I have a software product & want to integrate the docusign into it. I went through the docusign features & was really impressed.
Please provide details on below mentioned points;
What all i need to integrate the docusign into my application (mobile - android/ios) ?
Application consists of various functional modules, i want the document to be sent for signature from the application using the docusign. How this can be done?
Does all my clients need account of docusign for signing the document ?
Clarify whether Docusign allows for working on a document received from a web-service call, If yes then how the status of a document can be maintained (completed, Canceled etc.) ?
Aryan, you might want to start with www.docusign.com/devcenter - it has a few starting guides that might help you.
You will see how to send a document through DocuSign API right in the beginning. You might also want to take advantage of the pre-build java client library: www.github.com/docusign
The signers do not need an account to sign.
There is a notification service called "DocuSign Connect" that will push events, status and data for you: https://www.docusign.com/developer-center/explore/connect
Hope this helps! Thanks for choosing DocuSign!
Just begin to learn Twilio API. My intention is to make call directly from Android phone to any landline number. I have read QuickStart guide, build sample Android application and found that to make a call one need to have his own REST server.
I didn't have any experience with any SIP alike apps, but my understanding was that there's SIP provider server through which I could place a call and that's it... (with any kind of authorisation and so on).
So the question: is any possibility to place call using Twilio without my own server? Or as option - could someone advise me 3d party provider of those server which can be used to place call through Twilio?
Twilio developer evangelist here.
Hey, even better then setting up your own server yourself, you can just head to our Github repo and use the click to deploy button. It requires you to have a Heroku account which you can obviously use for free.
From there, you have your own URL for the application, which you can add to your Android App. So no need to setup your own backend if you don't want to.
The repo takes you through all the steps for configuring your app, but by all means if you have any questions, please do not hesitate in getting back to me.
Hope this helps
What is the easiest way to implement a simple app which does two things:
receive push notifications (new messages in user's inbox),
open a page on my website in a webview or web browser.
It would be best if the solution was portable among iOS, Android and possibly other mobile systems like Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10, but I'm happy with separate solutions, if it's the only way to do it.
I suggest that, checking out Parse apis for this task.
There are solutions like http://xtify.com/ or http://urbanairship.com/products/push-notifications/ that provide an all in one package across platforms but I don't know the quality of service or which one would be right for you, some research on your part will be necessary if you choose this path.
Or you could implement it yourself but it will require your own server. The server would notify both Androids C2DM And Apple Push Service at the same time. You will have to implement the client side on each.
For iPhone here's a good tutorial for setting it up http://www.raywenderlich.com/3443/apple-push-notification-services-tutorial-part-12
For Android http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidCloudToDeviceMessaging/article.html
You register your app with both services then sends the push keys to your server. With the keys the server can then notify both platforms respective push services to send a notification .
I can't really help with the server setup stuff as its not my area of expertise but this is how we implement push notifications for the apps my company makes.
I'd recommend a Phonegap (Cordova) app and UrbanAirship for the notifications. You can get a free account with that. It's relatively easy to implement too.
As for the browser, I'm not sure exactly what you want it for. Could you elaborate and I'll post a response.
I am creating a app wherein user shares some information. This data i am storing it in database through servlets i.e. i am calling my own servlets which will take data through url and store it in database. So i want other users of that same app to get notify that some information is available and in turn they will get the information that other user has updated.
For this to work we can use polling or pusher. But polling will take lots of battery power.
I have tried C2DM but its not working for me. So i am thinking for some other mechanism by which i can implement other than C2DM.
Please suggest some way to work it. and e.g. if u have came across.
C2DM is deprecated, the new version is called Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and is exactly what you need for your use case. There is even a GCM Demo Application which uses a Java servlet. The source code can be found here, you browse it directly or if you prefer GitHub you can use this repository.
The servlet code can be found in the file
samples/gcm-demo-server/src/com/google/android/gcm/demo/server/HomeServlet.java
If you follow the instructions in the Getting Started guide you will soon have a working application. I would suggest you not trying to copy paste it together, you have to get a clear understanding of how the GCM architecture is working.
I am trying to create an android application which allows users to receive updates from a particular server/website.
For example, whenever I have a piece of information I want to share, like an update or notice, I will post it on this website. Whenever, there are updates posted by me, I want the phone to receive a notification about it as well and add the information into the app.
Just like the gmail app on android. Update immediately when there is a mail and not have a timer to check at every interval.
Does anyone know how can I go about it? I am new to programming, it will be good if your answers in steps for me to follow. Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
The android application will have a login page which is define the type of the user. Only the updates and information regarding the type of the user will be pushed.
However users of this application, may not login with a google account.
You could use C2DM - Cloud 2 Device Messaging. It's relatively new tech though so not a lot of resources about it.
Here's a good tutorial on it: http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidCloudToDeviceMessaging/article.html
Edit: PS: and it's in beta too so might work best as a proof of concept more than an actual product.