Google today launched Mobile Backend Starter for iOS, simplifying server-side development for app developers on Apple’s mobile platform. Mobile Backend Starter is a Google App Engine application, meaning it lets developers support hundreds of concurrent users at no charge.
The point of mobile backends is to let mobile developers build connected mobile apps without writing server-side code. When Google launched Mobile Backend Starter back in June, the service was limited to just Android. One platform has now expanded to two.
Google explains its Mobile Backend and Objective-C client libraries let developers:
- Store data in the cloud and share between users.
- Send device-to-device push notifications.
- Use continuous queries to notify devices of data changes.
- Authenticate users using Google Accounts.
The source code for the Mobile Backend Starter app, both the backend as well as the Android and iOS clients, is available on Github. As such, developers can not only explore the code, but they can make customizations if they are needed.
More to follow.
