This morning we got an alert from Google saying that some phishing content had been detected in Backendless. Indeed, a user created an app in Backendless and uploaded a phishing page to the Backendless File storage.

If a data table in your application has a column of the DATETIME type, the values for that column will be rendered by Backendless Console in mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format. For many applications, and specifically in some industries like telecommunications or finance, it is important to see the date objects in a “neutral” format and often…

In another post, we wrote about Backendless File Browser – an online management system for your files and directories. One of the features built into File Browser is the ZIP Directory feature. The feature does exactly what it sounds like it would do – creating a zip file for a directory and its contents.

App features include: Push Notifications, Search Filters, Instant Messaging, Social Login, React Native frontend.

Backendless and Firebase, both being mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) platforms, present different capabilities for mobile app creation. Here is a list of the Backendless features which either are not supported by Firebase or just exceed it in usability. Backendless Pro (the standalone, self-hosted version of the product) can be installed on the developer’s…

We wish you a happy, peaceful, prosperous, productive and totally Backendless new year! We have grand plans for this year and are very excited about all the cool things we have been working on which we will be releasing very soon. The new version 4 of Backendless is absolutely remarkable and we can’t wait for…

If you are a Parse customer, this is a rather sad day. Getting the shocking news that the service you trusted and relied on is going to shut down can be rather nerve wrecking. Parse was a great competitor and I am honestly sad to see Parse go. However, as the title of their announcement said “moving on”, we…

The title says it all. There is a ton of frameworks out there among the infinite number of approaches. Outsourcing, team augmentation, throwing bodies at work, long hours at the office, whatever your strategy is, there is always a better way. How do you build mobile apps? Can you do it faster without breaking your bank? I…

This is the first post in the series documenting a sample Android app we built to demonstrate various Backendless features. (You can read/watch project overview posted earlier) The video below demonstrates the following: Retrieving project from its github repository. Running the app in emulator. Creating a Backendless account. Importing app data to your Backendless backend….