Author: Yangfan Zhang

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.7.0 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android For iOS, this release adds support for Amazon Simple Notification Service’s new Mobile Push APIs and resolves a number of issues reported […]

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.6.0 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android This new version of the SDKs contains updates for web identity federation in AWS Security Token Service, parallel scans in Amazon DynamoDB, […]

There are two ways to make asynchronous calls: AsyncTask, and Handler plus Thread. I briefly introduced how to use AysncTask to make asynchronous calls in the previous post. In this post, I will explain making asynchronous calls with Handler. I will also compare AsyncTask with Handler. What is Handler? A Handler is associated with a […]

The AWS SDK for Android has a high-level utility—TransferManager—for managing file transfers to Amazon S3. TransferManager is designed to make transfers between your application to Amazon S3 easy and convenient. Meanwhile, the smart logic behind it can provide transfers with better throughput and performance. Why TransferManager TransferManager can have several advantages over low-level APIs for […]