Thanks for the tip. It hadn't cross my mind to use XMPP. I'll investigate that. However it would be nice to use one kind of push service for all my clients and not to have to learn another API.
Thanks again. On Oct 27, 8:40 pm, "Ikai Lan (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure about that. It's my understanding that the Channel API depends > on generated Javascript, so if you can interpret that, why not? I haven't > looked much into how comet is being implemented in the Channel API - I know > there's a long-polling implementation as a fallback. Using a non-browser > client would be an undocumented use case, but I don't see why it couldn't be > done. > > When you have a mobile client or a Java client, can't you use XMPP? > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blogger:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:02 AM, stole <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the answer Ikai. I have another question which perhaps is a > > bit off topic but I hope You will answer nevertheless. Will it be > > possible to use the Channel API on Java clients (like Android) and not > > only from within browsers? It would be awesome. > > > Thanks again. > > > On Oct 26, 7:26 pm, "Ikai Lan (Google)" > > <[email protected]<ikai.l%[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > Very slim. We want to ship it as soon as possible. > > > > In the meantime, there are plenty of services that offer this type of > > > functionality: > > > >http://beaconpush.comhttp://pubnub.com > > > > ... and so forth > > > > Don't let this feature block you if your application needs it. Build it > > > using another tool and port it over when we are ready to release the > > Channel > > > API for everyone. > > > > -- > > > Ikai Lan > > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > > > Blogger:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > > > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:41 AM, stole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks everybody for the info. I just needed to see what are the > > > > chances for getting the API activated soon (this week). From Your > > > > answers I'd say very slim. > > > > > On Oct 26, 8:16 am, Heiko Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No activation yet. > > > > > I'm waiting, too. > > > > > > Right now, we pull status every 5 minutes, but that's not the best > > > > > way. > > > > > Other APIs like Pushlet don't work on appengine. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%2B > > > > [email protected]><google-appengine-java%2B > > [email protected]> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%2B > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
