Push notification mechanism used by other applications in Windows Phone

Question

I want to know which push mechanism uses gmail, facebook or other common applications in Windows Phone? Do they use only MPNS or something else (e.g. MQTT). For example, Facebook is available for all platforms, so whether they use different protocols for different platforms or use a common approach.

I want to implement push notification for my application. The same application is being developed for other platforms, such as Android and iPhone. Therefore, I want to use a mechanism that can be used on different platforms.

Answer 1

You can use Urban Airship , it supports support for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 pushing through MPNS and WNS, but does not support MPNS click on Windows Phone 7 device

• Docs for .net http://docs.urbanairship.com/build/build_push.html#windows
• IOS docs http://docs.urbanairship.com/build/build_push.html#ios
• Android docs http://docs.urbanairship.com/build/build_push.html#android

Or Amazon SNS , requiring more work

• API for .net http://aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/
• IOS API http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforios/
• Android API http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforandroid/

Answer 2

You should think of Push Notifications as a transport channel, nothing more. Each mobile platform (Apple, Google, Microsoft) uses its own cloud to access your device, and this may be enough. Once you reach, your mobbile application can do whatever it needs (for example, for more information about the notification, since the size of the Push message is usually limited).

Given this, you do not need to create a single server application that communicates with three clouds when sending notifications.