How to use Azure Notification Hubs to send push notifications. This slide deck was part of the TVUG May 2015 presentation (http://tvug.net/post/may-meeting-mobile-app-push-notifications-using-azure)

3. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)

4. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)
Register with GCM

5. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)
Register with GCM
Get Token

6. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)
Register with GCM
Get Token
Register with Hub
Register with your service

7. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service
Data Channel
Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)

8. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service
AllPush Messages
Data Channel
Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)

9. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service
AllPush Messages
Data Channel
Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)
Push to GCM

10. Android App
Azure
Notification
Hub
(Microsoft)
Your Service
AllPush Messages
Data Channel
Google
Cloud
Messaging
(GCM)
Push to Device
Push to GCM

13. Platform ID Token used by platform notification services to target the device
Template The message template with placeholder fields
Tags Comma separated list of string values

14. Type Format Notes
Platform APNS Broadcast to just iOS devices
User GUID Specific to the user
Topic GUID User could subscribe to a topic likeYankees Baseball
MyApp String Broadcast to all

22. http://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/documentation/articles/notification-hubs-android-get-started/

31. public partial class AppDelegate : FormsApplicationDelegate, ILoginManager
{
private string Serial;
private string LoginId;
/*
* APNS uses a sandbox certificate for debugging and a production certificate for App Store and Ad Hoc release
* Each notification hub can use the public key for either the sandbox or the production cert. We use the DEBUG
* compile time contant to specify which hub to use
*/
#if DEBUG
const string HUB_NAME = "mystopsandbox";
const string HUB_LISTEN_SECRET = "LgOtX//jlMw/zNWmkAHZssZm/XddWUo+IamZi1v1RS4=";
#else
const string HUB_NAME = "mystopnotificationhub";
const string HUB_LISTEN_SECRET = "656Ns/udsz86M0+Cbc2pWTuhllB/KXcO0gaq1d7DxdM=";
#endif

33. List<string> tags = new List<string> { Serial, "ios", "tyler", AppSettings.LoginGuid };
var n = new NSSet(tags.ToArray());
var alerts = "{"aps":{"alert":"$(message)","title":"$(title)"}}";
var expire = DateTime.Now.AddDays(90).ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"));
hub.RegisterTemplateAsync(deviceToken, "alerts", alerts, expire, n, err => {
if (err != null)
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + err.Description);
else
Console.WriteLine("Success");
});

34. var alerts = "{"data":{"message":"$(message)","title":"$(title)"}}";
hub.RegisterTemplate(registrationId, "alerts", alerts, tags.ToArray());

35. https://console.developers.google.com/

36. https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Service-Bus-
Explorer-f2abca5a