Azure for mobile developers documentation

Find the information you need to develop mobile apps on Azure.

Get started with mobile on Azure

Architecture

• Choose mobile development frameworks
• Stages in Azure mobile application development

Training

• Build mobile apps with .NET MAUI

video

• Build an entire mobile app with Azure
• Build a custom mobile backend for your app

Call web services

Overview

• Build a serverless mobile application back end with Azure Functions and other services
• Build real-time applications with Azure SignalR

Quickstart

• Get started with Azure Functions and Xamarin
• Azure SignalR Service with Xamarin.Forms

Training

• Consume a RESTful Web Service with Xamarin

Save data

Overview

• Work with offline data using Azure Mobile Apps
• Store, sync, and query mobile application data from the cloud
• Cloud storage for highly secure, durable, scalable apps with Azure Storage

Quickstart

• Save data with Azure Cosmos DB
• Work with blob storage
• Build a Xamarin.Forms app with .NET SDK and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

Send push notifications

Overview

• Engage with your application users by sending push notifications

Quickstart

• Create an Azure notification hub in the Azure portal

Tutorial

• Send push notifications to Xamarin.Forms apps using ASP.NET Core and Azure Notification Hubs
• Send push notifications to Android devices
• Push rich content to devices

Authenticate users

Overview

• Supported authentication flows with Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
• Add authentication and manage user identities in your mobile apps

Tutorial

• Sign in users and call the Microsoft Graph from an Android application
• Add a native client application to your Azure Active Directory B2C tenant

sample

• Sign in users with a Swift iOS app

Automate builds and deployments with DevOps

Concept

• Automate the deployment and release of your mobile applications with continuous delivery services
• Automate the lifecycle of your apps with continuous build and integration
• Key concepts for new Azure Pipelines users

Overview

• Release a build with App Center

How-To Guide

• App Center CodePush

Track analytics and crashes

Concept

• Analyze and understand mobile application use
• Monitor failures and errors in real time for your mobile application

Overview

• App Center Analytics

How-To Guide

• Enabling diagnostics in an app

Tutorial

• Receive real time analytics

Develop with SDKs

Download

• iOS
• Android
• .NET / Xamarin
• Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for iOS
• Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Android
• Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for .NET / Xamarin