In one of our previous articles, we showed how to develop a custom Alexa skill using an example of a Trip Planner app (How To Build A Dialogue Custom Alexa Skill Using JavaScript (Without Lambda). In this article, we will show you a more complex example of the interaction between Alexa and the user. Today,…
Did you know you can use the Backendless Code Generator, which is a part of Backendless Console, to easily generate a simple real-time chat application for iOS, Android and JavaScript? You get full source code and can see how to use Backendless APIs for sending text-based chat messages in real time. In this article, we will describe…
If you’ve used the Data Retrieval API in Backendless Cloud, you may know that the server limits the number of objects retrieved from a table to 100 in a single call. For Managed Backendless and for Backendless Pro, this limit is configurable. In order to retrieve more than 100 objects, data paging is required. Paging greatly…
Development of mobile applications generally requires two parts: the Backend and the Frontend. Of course, you could limit it only to the client-side, but if there is some data that need to be stored on the server, there is no way to get around having a backend. In this series of articles, you will create…
In this article, we will describe how to use the Backendless API to save multiple related records with one primary (parent) record in a table. All related records (children) will be stored in separate tables as a part of the same routine. Examples of this type of requirement might be personnel records tied to a…
Backendless Cloud Code officially supports Java, JavaScript, and Codeless. Since Kotlin compiles to Java byte code, it is no exception. Kotlin can be used to build API Services, Event handlers, and Timers in Backendless. Check out an article by @vvsevolodovich describing how to configure your project so you can develop Cloud Code logic with Kotlin:…
We just published a new product into our Marketplace that enables integration with Stripe. Introducing the Stripe Integration Plugin and its purpose is to handle card payments submissions to Stripe. The plugin runs in Backendless business logic (Cloud Code) and uses Stripe’s app signing and secret keys when communicating with Stripe. Below is a list…
What does “mobile-to-web cross login with a QR code” mean? It is one of the approaches for two-factor authentication. Suppose that a user is already authenticated in your application (in our example, it would be an android app) and the user wants to use their actual session to perform an automatic authentication in another application…
With the release of Backendless 5.1.0, we introduced a new feature called Landing Pages. With this feature, you can easily create a web presence for your app. There are templates for both pre-launch and released apps. Once you provide information about the app, including app description, list of features, screenshots, customer quotes, and contact information,…