Front-End Web & Mobile
Tag: Android
An Introduction to the Sync Framework for Android
This is the first part in a six-part series on synchronizing data within an Android mobile app to the AWS Cloud. Check out the full series: An Introduction to the Sync Framework for Android (this article) Building a ContentProvider for Android Using a ContentProvider in Android Mobile Apps Integrating Amazon Cognito with the Android AccountManager API […]
Automatically build your Android app with AWS CodeBuild
“It worked on my machine.” If you have been a developer for a while, you probably have heard this. It is a lament for a bug that is hard to diagnose and points to some peculiar setup of the developer’s machine. You can fix this by including continuous integration in your tool arsenal. When you […]
Announcing AWS Mobile SDK v2.6 for Android and iOS
It is now recommended that developers to use the Amplify libraries to build iOS and Android applications on AWS> Recently, we released the AWS Mobile SDK v2.6.0 for Android and iOS. The release has new features that make it easier for iOS and Android developers to integrate AWS backend services into their apps. The new […]
Easy Sign-in and Sign-up UI with the AWS Mobile SDK for Android
Recently, we released v2.6.0 of the AWS Mobile SDK for Android and AWS Mobile SDK for iOS. It includes many improvements. This post focuses on two of these. First, you can integrate a JSON file with the configuration details of your mobile backend. The easiest way to generate this file is with AWS Mobile Hub. […]
Using Amazon DynamoDB Document API with the AWS Mobile SDK for Android – Part 2
In the first part of this blog, we introduced you to the Amazon DynamoDB Document API. This API is a mechanism for accessing data in DynamoDB that doesn’t require you to map models to the data. Instead, you access the data through standard accessor methods on a standard Document object. In this blog post, we […]
Encrypting an Amazon S3 object on the client side with AWS KMS and the AWS Mobile SDK for Android
Starting with the AWS Mobile SDK for Android version 2.4.0, you have two options to encrypt client-side objects before sending them to Amazon S3: an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer master key (CMK) or a client-side master key. Customer master key When using an AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) for […]
Get started with the AWS Device Farm CLI and Calabash Part 2: Retrieving Reports and Artifacts
In Part 1 of the walkthrough, we went through the process of creating an AWS Device Farm run for Calabash-Android test scripts. In the second and final part of the series, we will go through the CLI commands for obtaining the status of the run and to retrieve all of the artifacts associated with a […]
Get started with the AWS Device Farm CLI and Calabash Part 1: Creating a Device Farm Run for Android Calabash Test Scripts
AWS Device Farm is an app testing service that enables you to test your native, hybrid, and web apps on real Android and iOS devices that are hosted in the AWS Cloud. A test report containing high-level results, low-level logs, pixel-to-pixel screenshots, and performance data is updated as tests are completed. Device Farm allows you […]
Getting started with Android testing on AWS Device Farm using Espresso – Part 3: Uploading your Android application to AWS Device Farm
AWS Device Farm is a service that allows you to test your Android, Fire OS, and iOS apps on real devices (not emulators or simulators) in the AWS Cloud. You can upload your apps to the cloud and run Fuzz tests to simulate random activity or leverage the built-in app explorer, which crawls your app and captures screenshots […]
Getting started with Android testing on AWS Device Farm using Espresso – Part 2: Setting up Espresso and taking screenshots
AWS Device Farm is a service that allows you to test your Android, Fire OS, and iOS apps on real devices (not emulators or simulators) in the AWS Cloud. You can upload your apps to the cloud and run Fuzz tests to simulate random activity or leverage the built-in app explorer, which crawls your app and captures screenshots […]