Front-End Web & Mobile
Announcing Your User Pools in Amazon Cognito
Introduction Today, AWS launched the Beta release of a new Amazon Cognito feature, Cognito Identity User Pools, that makes it easy for you to add sign-up and sign-in functionality to your mobile and web apps. This feature provides a simple way to create and maintain your own user directory that can scale to hundreds of […]
Using Amazon Cognito to Sync Data
The percentage of people with multiple mobile devices is growing. These people might use their phone on the go and their tablet when they get home. Consequently, they now want to be able to seamlessly transition from one device to another. In previous posts, we’ve talked about how to use Amazon Cognito to provide a […]
Simplifying Token Vending Machine Deployment with AWS CloudFormation
Managing credentials in mobile apps is an important concept to get right. Embedding credentials directly into your app is not secure and can lead to your credentials becoming compromised. Two methods we recommend are to use a token vending machine (TVM) or to use web identity federation. Both of these methods provide your app with […]
Download, Pause and Resume with the S3TransferManager for iOS
Version 2 of the AWS Mobile SDK This article and sample apply to Version 1 of the AWS Mobile SDK. If you are building new apps, we recommend you use Version 2. For details, please visit the AWS Mobile SDK page. This content is being maintained for historical reference. The S3TransferManager class in the AWS […]