Summary

This chapter showed you the full process of implementing push notifications in Titanium using ACS or Urban Airship. It also showed that for a cross platform solution, the cloud-based service is the easiest one to implement. But a word of caution these solutions are not free. If your app is a success and gains a large user base, you will have to pay. If you create your own push notification server, then the only on-going cost is the hosting. Which solution is the best for you? It depends on the development time you have available and your plans for your app. It's a competitive marketplace; think about how your app is funded before committing to a solution.

By now you will be able to create apps, and add in extras such as social networking and push notifications. These apps now extend beyond the scope of the simulator. You will need to test the apps on a device before uploading the fully tested app to the app store. The next chapter focuses on this and more as it guides you through...