In other articles on user management, we have discussed changing a user’s password as the administrator or via API (if the user can log in). There is also a scenario where a user needs to change their password, but they can’t log in because they forgot their password. In this case, Backendless provides a simple…
When a user registers for your app, it is quite common to make sure they provided a valid email address. Typically this is done by sending a URL to the user’s email address and asking them to follow the link. Once the link is opened in a browser, it serves as a confirmation of a…
Backendless supports multiple ways to perform a geopoint search. You can search in radius, a rectangular area, or with an SQL query. Additionally, there is a way to search based on a partial metadata match. This type of search can be combined with all other aforementioned search types.
The user accounts of a Backendless application are managed by the User Service, part of our user management feature. However, the data for the accounts is stored in the Data Service storage. As a result, you can use the Data Service API to load the user objects for an application. Moreover, any search queries, paging,…
This series of tutorials was prepared by: Ega Wachid Radiegtya An Entrepreneur & App Developer You will learn how to make your own LinkedIn clone on Android, using React Native, React Navigation, Redux and Backendless. The following tutorial series is perfect for you if: You have a basic knowledge of React/Redux You’re looking to learn how…
The Cloud Code feature in Backendless lets you add your own custom server-side code to handle client API requests. In this post, I am going to review how to add the Data Service API handlers.
When a user registers or updates their account, your application uses the user registration API. It is common for the user interface to enforce the data entry rules and validate the values entered by the user. However, an alternative approach is to perform data validation on the server. Backendless supports user property validation when creating…
In my post yesterday I wrote about unlimited API calls for all Backendless apps. That means your application can make as many API requests as it needs during a billing period, which is one month even if the app is on the free plan. This also means all of the calls could be spread out…
As I am continuing my endeavor to describe all Backendless features, I wanted to step back and look at it differently. Not at the micro-technical level where I typically show an API or something you can do in our console, but something more fundamental. Something that differentiates Backendless in its core. There is one thing…