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AWS Mobile Services

The AWS Mobile Services category caters to mobile application developers as it hosts the group of services all concerned about mobile application integration and development.

Below is the list of services in this category. 


AWS Amplify
       - AWS Amplify enables developers to develop and deploy cloud-powered mobile and web apps.  The Amplify Framework is a comprehensive set of SDKs, libraries, tools, and documentation for client app development.  The Amplify console provides a continuous delivery and hosting service for web applications. 


AWS AppSync       
       - AWS AppSync automatically updates the data in web and mobile applications in real time, and updates data for offline users as soon as they reconnect.  AppSync makes it easy to build collaborative mobile and web applications that deliver responsive, collaborative user experiences.
You can use AWS AppSync to build native mobile and web aps with iOS, Android, JavaScript and React Native.  Get started by going to the AWS AppSync console, specify the data for your app with simple code statements, and AppSync will manage everything needed to store, process, and retrieve the data for your application.

Device Farm       
       - AWS Device Farm enables you to improve the quality of your Android, iOS, and Fire OS apps by quickly and securely testing them on 100s of real smartphones, tablets, and other devices in the AWS cloud.

Mobile SDK for Android
       - The AWS Mobile SDK for Android provides libraries, code examples, and documentation for developers to build connected Android specific mobile applications using AWS.

Mobile SDK for iOS
       - The AWS Mobile SDK for Android provides libraries, code examples, and documentation for developers to build connected iOS specific mobile applications using AWS. 

Mobile SDK for Unity
       - The AWS Mobile SDK for Unity contains a set of .NET classes that enables games written with Unity to utilize AWS services.  The AWS Unity Plug-in also contains sample code that illustrates how to call AWS services from a Unity game.  It is compatible with Unity version 4.0 and greater. 

Mobile SDK for Xamarin
       - The Mobile SDK for .NET and Xamarin provides a set of .NET libraries, code samples, and documentation to help developers build connected mobile applications for the following: 
Xamarin iOS
Xamarin Android
Windows Phone Silverlight
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Phone 8.1
          Mobile apps written using AWS Mobile SDK for .NET and Xamarin call native platform APIs so they have a look and feel of native applications.  The .NET libraries in the SDK provide C# wrappers around AWS REST APIs. 

Amazon Pinpoint
       - Amazon Pinpoint helps you engage your customers by sending them email, SMS and voice messages, and push notifications.  You can use Amazon Pinpoint to send targeted messages (such as promotions and retention campaigns), as well as transactional messages (such as order confirmations and password reset messages).

Amazon SNS
       - Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a web service that enables applications, end-users, and devices to instantly send and receive notifications from the cloud.  








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