How to create, link and deploy mobile web app

Question

I need some help, I am a beginner to Azure and this is exponentially confusing. I watched a video James Montemagno did last year for creating mobile web app, adding sql server and deploying. However NOTHING is the same now. I have no idea how to do this and I cannot find a definitive tutorial online anywhere as to how to do this. Can someone please help or point me in a direction that I can find some understanding as of how to do this.

I tried to do it all from visual studio but that failed miserably. I was able to create everything, but when I clicked on the published link there was always an issue and nothing seemed to be linked.

Answer 1

Hi @Seth Isaacks ,

Thanks for using Azure. Apologies for the difficulties you've faced while trying to learn more about creating a mobile web app in Azure.

Here are a few documentation (*last updated in 2019) that can help you with your learning journey:

About Mobile Apps in Azure App Service: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/app-service-mobile/app-service-mobile-value-prop

Create an iOS app: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/app-service-mobile/app-service-mobile-ios-get-started

Create an Android app: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/app-service-mobile/app-service-mobile-android-get-started

Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have further questions

Best,
Grace

Answer 2

@Grmacjon-MSFT I followed this tutorial verbatim and I still cannot get my tables to show up in Azure Sql Server

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-dotnet-sqldatabase

Answer 3

@Grmacjon-MSFT I deleted everything and started over. Again I get the same exact result. The data saves locally but will not save on the server. I can add data on the server and it not retrieved. I have no idea what I have done wrong. I followed this to a T. I can't believe how frustrating this is.

Answer 4

Hi @Seth Isaacks ,

Thank you for the update. Apologies for the delay in response and any frustration caused by the old mobile web app tutorial. The tutorial you mentioned you were using earlier (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-dotnet-sqldatabase) is outdated. This is why you're running into those issues.

As I mentioned in my comment above there a new tutorial that addresses some of the issues you were facing you can find it here.

This tutorial shows you how to add a cloud-based backend service to a cross-platform mobile app by using Xamarin.Forms and an Azure mobile app backend. You will create both a new mobile app backend and a simple Todo list app that stores app data in Azure.

If you run into issues completing the new tutorial please let me know so I can share your feedback with the engineering team.

Answer 5

@Grmacjon-MSFT I actually spoke with one of the head people dealing with Azure.
He told me that its currently going through a revamp and that is why I am having all the issues.
I am probably going to go another route