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Amazon Web Services for Mobile Developers: Building Apps with AWS presents a professional view of cloud computing and AWS for experienced iOS/Android developers and technical/solution architects. Cloud computing is a rapidly expanding ecosystem, and working professionals need a practical resource to bring them up-to-date on tools that are rapidly becoming indispensable; this book helps expand your skill set by introducing you to AWS offerings that can make your job easier, with a focus on real-world application. Author and mobile applications developer Abhishek Mishra shows you how to create IAM accounts and try out some of the most popular services, including EC2, Lambda, Mobile Analytics, Device Farm, and more. You'll build a chat application in both Swift (iOS) and Java (Andoid), running completely off AWS Infrastructure to explore SDK installation, Xcode, Cognito authentication, DynamoDB, Amazon SNA Notifications, and other useful tools. By actually using the tools as you learn about them, you develop a more intuitive understanding that feels less like a shift and more like a streamlined integration.
If you have prior experience with Swift or Java and a solid knowledge of web services, this book can help you quickly take your skills to the next level with a practical approach to learning that translates easily into real-world use.
Any job is easier with the right tools, and Amazon Web Services for Mobile Developers: Building Apps with AWS gets you acquainted with an ever-expanding toolkit for mobile app development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abhishek Mishra has been active in the IT industry for over 19 years and has extensive experience with a wide range of programming languages, enterprise systems and platforms. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of London and currently provides consultancy services to Barclays Bank PLC in London as a Solutions Architect. He is the author of iOS Code Testing, iPhone and iPad App – 24 Hour Trainer, Swift iOS – 24 Hour Trainer, and the technical reviewer of Professional iOS Programming.
ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Amazon Web Services offers a broad array of global cloud-based products, including tools for computing, storage, databases, analytics, and networking; mobile and developer tools; management tools; lot, security, and enterprise applications. AWS is used by large enterprises and hot startups alike to power a wide variety of workloads, including web and mobile applications, game development, data processing and warehousing, storage, archiving, and many more. Learn more at https://aws.amazon.com.
Introduction xix
Part I Introduction to Amazon Web Services 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services 3
What Is Cloud Computing? 4
Cloud Service Models 5
Cloud Deployment Models 7
The AWS Ecosystem 7
Sign Up for an AWS Free Tier Account 10
Step 1: Contact Information 10
Step 2: Payment Information 12
Step 3: Identity Verification 14
Step 4: Support Plan Selection 16
Step 5: Confirmation 17
Summary 17
Chapter 2 Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations 19
Regions and Availability Zones 20
Edge Locations 22
Accessing AWS 24
The AWS Management Console 25
Summary 31
Chapter 3 AWS Identity and Access Management 33
Key Concepts 34
Root Account 34
User 35
Group 37
Policy 38
Role 38
Common Tasks 39
Creating a User 42
Assigning Permissions to an Existing User 47
Creating a Group 49
Adding Users from a Group 50
Creating a Role 51
Securing the Root Account with MFA 54
Setting Up an IAM Password Rotation Policy 57
Summary 59
Chapter 4 Amazon EC2 61
Key Concepts 62
Instances and Instance Types 62
Amazon Machine Images 65
Security Groups 66
Pricing Models 67
Data Storage 68
Instance Life Cycle 68
Common Tasks 70
Creating an Instance 70
Managing Existing Instances 81
Accessing Amazon EC2 Instances Using the AWS CLI 88
Linux, Mac OSX, Unix Users 88
Windows Users 92
Summary 100
Chapter 5 Amazon S3 101
Key Concepts 102
Buckets 102
Object Key 102
Object Value 103
Version ID 103
Storage Class 103
Costs 104
Subresources 104
Object Metadata 105
Common Tasks 106
Creating a Bucket 106
Uploading an Object 110
Accessing an Object 114
Changing the Storage Class of an Object 118
Deleting an Object 118
Amazon S3 Bucket Versioning 119
Accessing Amazon S3 Using the AWS CLI 123
Summary 124
Chapter 6 Amazon DynamoDB 125
Key Concepts 126
Tables 126
Items 126
Attributes 127
Primary Keys 127
Secondary Indexes 127
Queries 128
Contents xi
Scans 128
Read Consistency 128
Provisioned Throughput 129
Common Tasks 130
Creating a Table 130
Adding Items to a Table 134
Creating an Index 138
Performing a Scan 140
Performing a Query 142
Summary 143
Chapter 7 AWS Lambda 145
Common Use Cases for AWS Lambda 146
Key Concepts 147
Supported Languages 147
AWS Lambda Functions 147
Programming Model 148
Execution Environment 152
Common Tasks 153
Creating a Simple Node.js Lambda Function
Using the AWS Management Console 154
Testing an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS
Management Console 160
Deleting an AWS Lambda Function Using the
AWS Management Console 163
Summary 165
Bonus Chapter 1 Amazon Simple Notification Service 1
Key Concepts 2
Topic 2
Publisher 3
Subscriber 3
Common Tasks 4
Creating a Topic 5
Creating an E-Mail Subscription 6
Creating an Amazon SMS Subscription 9
Posting a Message to a Topic 10
Summary 13
Bonus Chapter 2 Amazon Mobile Analytics 1
Key Concepts 2
App 2
Supported Client Platforms 3
Session 3
Events 3
Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 4
Reports 4
Common Tasks 5
Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 5
Viewing Standard Reports 13
Summary 20
Bonus Chapter 3 AWS Device Farm 1
Key Concepts 2
Devices 3
Device Slots 3
Automated Test Types 3
Run 5
Job 5
Project 5
Report 5
Session 6
Common Tasks 6
Creating a Project 7
Creating a New Test Run with an iOS Application 8
Creating a New Test Run with an Android Application 21
Creating an Interactive Session 28
Summary 31
Bonus Chapter 4 Installing WordPress on Amazon EC2 1
Prerequisites 2
Creating an Amazon EC2 Instance 3
Installing WordPress on Your Amazon EC2 Instance 9
Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL 11
Creating a MySQL User and Database for WordPress 17
Installing and Configuring WordPress 19
Summary 23
Part II AWS for iOS Developers 167
Chapter 8 Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS 169
Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using CocoaPods 170
Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Carthage 175
Integrating the AWS SDK for iOS Using Dynamic Frameworks 182
Summary 185
Chapter 9 Implementing User Signup and Login Using
Amazon Cognito User Pools 187
Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 188
Examining the AWSChat Xcode Project 189
Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 190
Pool Name 192
User Attributes 193
Password Security Policy 194
MFA and Account Verification 195
Message Customization 196
Cost Allocation Tags 197
Devices 198
Apps 198
Review and Create 201
Retrieving the App Client Secret 202
Updating the AWS Chat Application 204
Creating the User Pool Controller Class 204
Updating the Login View Controller 215
Updating the Signup View Controller 219
Updating the Home View Controller 231
Managing Users 231
Summary 232
Chapter 10 Implementing Login Using Facebook 233
Creating an App on Facebook 234
Adding the Facebook SDK to the
Xcode Project 239
Creating an Amazon Cognito
Identity Pool 246
Updating the Application User Interface 251
Summary 267
Chapter 11 Implementing Login Using Google 269
Adding the Google SDK to the
Xcode Project 270
Updating the Identity Pool 277
Updating the AWSChat Application 280
Summary 292
Chapter 12 Accessing Amazon DynamoDB 293
Creating Amazon DynamoDB Tables 295
Creating the User Table 296
Creating the Friend Table 300
Creating the Chat Table 300
Creating the Message Table 301
Updating the IAM Policy Used by the Identity Pool 303
Creating an IAM Service Role 307
Populating the User Table with an AWS Lambda Function 310
Testing the AWS Lambda Function 320
Updating the AWSChat App 322
Creating Model Classes 323
Creating the ChatManager Class 328
Creating the DynamoDBController Class 329
Updating the CognitoIdentityPoolController Class and the
Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 341
Updating the Home View Controller 349
Adding Friends 354
Summary 361
Chapter 13 Adding AWSChat Support with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon S3 363
Updating the DynamoDBController Class 365
Configuring Amazon S3 370
Creating Buckets 370
Updating the Authenticated Identity Role 375
Creating the S3Controller Class 381
Updating the ChatManager Class 383
Updating the User Interface of the App 391
Summary 403
Chapter 14 Using AWS Lambda to Generate Thumbnails 405
Creating a Node.JS Lambda Function Deployment Package 407
Updating the AWS Lambda Execution Service Role 415
Creating an AWS Lambda Function Using the AWS
Management Console 418
Testing the AWS Lambda Function 423
Updating the S3Controller Class 428
Updating the ChatManager Class 431
Updating the User Interface of the App 432
Summary 434
Bonus Chapter 5 Adding Support for Apple Push Notifications 1
High-Level Steps 3
Configuring the App on the Apple Developer Website 4
Registering an Application Identifier 5
Creating a Development Provisioning Profile 7
Creating an SSL Certificate 11
Extracting the Private Key from the Certificate 15
Converting the Certificate and Private Key to PEM Files 17
Creating a Platform Application on Amazon SNS 17
Updating the IAM Policy 20
Updating the AWSChat Application 24
Creating the SNSController Class 25
Updating the Application Delegate 27
Contents xv
Updating the Home View Controller 29
Sending a Push Notification to the Device 30
Using an Amazon SNS Topic to Send
Push Messages 32
Summary 35
Bonus Chapter 6 Integrating Amazon Mobile Analytics with the iOS App 1
Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 3
Updating the AWSChat Application 9
Creating the MobileAnalytics Class 9
Generating Analytics Events 11
Viewing Analytics Reports 12
Summary 13
Part III AWS for Android Developers 435
Chapter 15 Integrating the AWS SDK for Android with Android Studio 437
Integrating the AWS SDK for Android Using Gradle 438
Integrating the AWS SDK for Android by Importing JAR Files 442
Summary 443
Chapter 16 Implementing User Signup and Login Using Amazon Cognito User Pools 445
Introducing Amazon Cognito User Pools 446
Examining the AWSChat Android Studio Project 447
Creating an Amazon Cognito User Pool 448
Pool Name 451
User Attributes 451
Password Security Policy 453
MFA and Account Verification 454
Message Customization 455
Cost Allocation Tags 456
Devices 456
Apps 457
Review and Create 459
Retrieving the App Client Secret 460
Updating the AWS Chat Application 462
Creating the User Pool Controller Class 463
Updating the Login Activity 479
Updating the Signup Activity 483
Managing Users 495
Summary 496
Chapter 17 Implementing Login Using Facebook 497
Creating an App on Facebook 499
Adding the Facebook SDK to the Android Studio Project 504
Creating an Amazon Cognito Identity Pool 507
Retrieving the Identity Pool ID 512
Creating the Identity Pool Controller Class 514
Updating the Application User Interface 521
Summary 534
Chapter 18 Implementing Login Using Google 535
Installing the Google Play Services SDK 537
Creating an App on the Google Developer Console 537
Updating the Android Studio Project 543
Updating the Identity Pool 545
Using a Google+ Authentication Provider 548
Using an OpenID Connect Authentication Provider 549
Updating the Identity Pool Controller Class 554
Updating the Application User Interface 560
Summary 575
Chapter 19 Accessing Amazon DynamoDB 577
Creating Amazon DynamoDB Tables 579
Creating the User Table 580
Creating the Friend Table 585
Creating the Chat Table 585
Creating the Message Table 586
Updating the IAM Policy Used by the Identity Pool 587
Creating an IAM Service Role 592
Populating the User Table with an AWS Lambda Function 596
Testing the AWS Lambda Function 606
Updating the AWSChat App 608
Model Classes 609
The ChatManager Class 615
The DynamoDBController Class 616
Linking the User Pool to the Identity Pool 632
The Updated Home Activity 644
The AddFriendActivity Class 650
Summary 656
Chapter 20 Adding AWSChat Support with Amazon
DynamoDB and Amazon S3 657
Updating Project Settings 659
Updating the DynamoDBManager Class 659
Configuring Amazon S3 666
Creating Buckets 666
Updating the Authenticated Identity Role 671
Creating the S3Controller Class 676
Updating the ChatManager Class 679
Updating the User Interface of the App 687
Summary 710
Chapter 21 Using AWS Lambda to Generate Thumbnails 711
Creating a Node.js Lambda Function Deployment Package 713
Updating the AWS Lambda Execution Service Role 721
Creating an AWS Lambda Function Using the
AWS Management Console 724
Testing the AWS Lambda Function 730
Updating the S3Controller Class 735
Updating the ChatManager Class 737
Updating the User Interface of the App 738
Summary 746
Bonus Chapter 7 Adding Support for GCM Notifications 1
High-Level Steps 3
Retrieving the Server API Key 4
Creating a Platform Application on Amazon SNS 5
Updating the IAM Policy 8
Creating a New Role Policy 8
Updating an Existing Role Policy 12
Updating the AWSChat Application 14
Installing the Google Play Services SDK 14
Updating Project Settings 15
Creating the SNSController Class 20
Creating the SNSControllerGenericHandler Interface 24
Creating the Service Classes 24
Updating the Login Activity 27
Updating the Home Activity 29
Sending a Push Notification to the Device 29
Using an Amazon SNS Topic to Send Push Messages 32
Summary 35
Bonus Chapter 8 Integrating Amazon Mobile Analytics with the Android App 1
Adding an App to Amazon Mobile Analytics 3
Updating the AWSChat Application 10
Creating the MobileAnalytics Class 10
Generating Analytics Events 13
Viewing Analytics Reports 15
Summary 16
Index 747
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