Hey Greg,
If I was to implement something like this (I've not done so, sorry) then I'd look at putting a WebAPI on it as the external interface. I know Xamarin can talk to those, and it would also open it up to pretty much any front end. So yeah, I definitely think you can store stuff in Azure from a Xamarin app. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Greg Keogh <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 7 April 2017 9:12:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Azure Storage and Xamarin Folks, I posted the question below into the official Xamarin forum about two weeks ago but never received any replies. Since it's Friday I thought I'd run it up the flagpole in here just in case anyone can salute it -- Greg K ============ Can someone please clarify for me if the Microsoft Azure Storage library is usable from Xamarin apps or not? If so, just what are the constraints or conditions? I ask this seemingly simple question because I have been web searching and experimenting for hours to find any way to access Azure Storage. I have found widely conflicting opinions, discussions and arguments in searches. Some suggest it's possible but the project types and targets will not accept the Nuget package. I have tried various new project types in Xamarin Studio with different targets, but they all reject the Nuget package. I'm getting the impression that Azure is not accessible from any PCL project due to certain .NET platform dependencies, but perhaps there are ways around this. So can someone cut through the noise and explain clearly under what circumstances (or not!) the Azure Storage library can be used from Xamarin apps for Android and iOS?
