Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) is a bit complex, but I will try to make it simple to understand from a business perspective. First you need to understand that when the notification is received on the device the operating system (OS) processes this data first and most of the time never calls your app code until you click the view button. The notification can contain a payload of data from…

Another joy of GoDaddy hosting. Have you ever tried to host an apk file to allow someone to install your Android application? Well on the GoDaddy Windows servers the file will always come up as not found. Well there is a fix. Just add a web.config file to your apk file directory with this text: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <configuration>     <system.webServer>         <staticContent>             <mimeMap fileExtension=”.apk”                 mimeType=”application/vnd.android.package-archive” />         </staticContent>     </system.webServer> </configuration>