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发帖数: 1034 | 1 Office 365 Adds iOS and Android SDKs for Native App Support
by Jeff Martin on Oct 28, 2014 | Discuss
Microsoft is increasing the ways for developers to access its online Office
365 platform in their own applications. Long promoted as always-accessible
for users who do not have either time or money to setup a typical Office
software suite, Office 365 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for
use via the web and portable devices. Microsoft’s Chris Johnson, Group
Product Marketing Manager for Office 365, noted the Office 365 platform is
currently hosting over 400 petabytes of data.
So what good does this data do for developers? Well Microsoft has been
creating ways for external developers to programmatically access information
stored on the Office 365 servers. Microsoft has previously released APIs
through their Office 365 DevCenter. These APIs have now been updated to
provide new functionality, including greater access to the following:
Mail – Access to Microsoft Exchange Mail
Files – Access to Microsoft SharePoint Files
Calendar – Access to Microsoft Exchange Calendar
Contacts – Access to Microsoft Exchange Contacts
While these APIs are available to all developers, Microsoft provided the
example of a script deployed on IFTTT (If this then that) that would send a
text based on the receipt of an email from a specific person. IFTTT was
able to do this thanks to utilization of the new APIs, and the ensuing
result provides an easy way for non-programmers to take advantage of these
new capabilities.
Developers who want to use the APIs for advanced results will find that
Microsoft has released new and updated SDKs for Visual Studio, iOS, and
Android. This means that those seeking to develop native apps on either of
those mobile platforms will find more information on how to do so. The iOS
version supports Objective-C today and will be adding support for Swift in
the future.
When asked what type of IDE support for Android, a Microsoft source states
that the current SDK has been tested with Android Studio. However, “…we
will begin Eclipse testing soon, and plan to provide the same level of
support for Eclipse as we have provided in this release for Android Studio.
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