It's called Remote Notifications. The client side appears to be fairly easy:
http://weblogs.thinktecture.com/cweyer/2010/12/implementing-push-notifications-for-ios-with-c-monotouch-using-the-cloud-urban-airship.html http://roycornelissen.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/push-notifications-in-ios-with-monotouch/ But the server side can be tricky(er) - you need your own server, and to be able to call into apple's servers with the right keys (they provide them) to be able to send things to the phone(s) Urban Airship is worth looking at, as they handle the server side, or at least abstract it away quite a bit. On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 07:00, pierceboggan <[email protected]> wrote: > How would you go about creating a system where you could have remote > notifications triggered whenever you wanted to say whatever? I have no idea > where to start on this one. > > Example: > CNN/News app that notifies you of "breaking news". > > If anyone knows of anything that would be of help, let me know! Thanks :) > > -- > View this message in context: > http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/Remote-Notifications-tp4102959p4102959.html > Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
