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Paul Johnson
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Paul Johnson has been writing software since the early 1980s on machines ranging from the ZX81 and servers to his trusty Mac, and has used more languages than he can remember. He is a qualified scuba diver and college lecturer. Paul lives with his wife, kids, and pets, and listens to an inordinate amount of rock and metal on Primordial Radio. This is his third book for Packt.
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The Azure Storage


Part of the application allows images and audio to be sent to the recipient. In order to do this, we need to utilize the Azure Storage.

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The source for this part can be found in Chapter14/AzureStorage.

In the first part of this chapter, we set up the Azure Storage service as part of setting up Azure.

We have already created the storage, but now, we need to configure the mobile service to use it. Head back to the Azure management portal and click on the Azure Storage menu option. Make a note of the storage account name and the primary key. These will be required to configure the mobile service.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Once you have made a note of all the values, go to the mobile service and select the Configure option. Then, scroll down to the app settings section:

  2. You will need to create two new name/value pairs:

    • STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME: This is the name for your storage

    • STORAGE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_KEY: This is the primary key for the storage

  3. Once you're happy with this, click...

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Paul Johnson has been writing software since the early 1980s on machines ranging from the ZX81 and servers to his trusty Mac, and has used more languages than he can remember. He is a qualified scuba diver and college lecturer. Paul lives with his wife, kids, and pets, and listens to an inordinate amount of rock and metal on Primordial Radio. This is his third book for Packt.
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