I need helps setting up push notifications

adim86 · August 5, 2015, 4:44pm

Hi guys,

So I am quite frustrated at this point and I will love any help I can at this point. I have a web application and I have created an accompanying android and ios app. I want to send push notifications to users of the apps when they receive a message from someone.

I am using this package: https://github.com/raix/push

This all looks good but I am having trouble finding the GCM api key and the project ID. I cannot find anywhere to sign up for the Google Cloud Messaging and what project ID are they requesting? is this from my app (on the play store) or is this for another Cloud messaging project. I cannot seem to find straight forward step by step instructions on how to obtain these identifiers so I can use them (on android).

Please any information to clear this up will be much appreciated

tyusupov · August 7, 2015, 1:31am

This should help:

github.com

raix/push/blob/master/docs/ANDROID.md

ANDROID GUIDE
=============

## Get started
In order to get started with Android you will have to obtain a __projectNumber__ and a server __apiKey__

As of September 2016 it's not possible to obtain a new GCM server key. Instead, use an FCM server key.

## Creating a Google API project & obtaining a server key
To create a Google API project:

1. Open the Firebase Developers Console (https://console.firebase.google.com).
2. If you haven't created an API project yet, click Create Project.
3. Supply a project name and click Create. 
4. Once the project has been created, the Firebase Overview page is displayed. In the top left you'll see the name of your project and a cog. Click the cog and select Project Settings.
5. Click the Settings->Cloud Messaging tab. 
6. Write down your Sender ID (it should be all digits) and your Server key (has upper and lower case letters, numbers, underscores and dashes)

## Using your FCM sender ID and server key

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I was able to setup my Android push notifications using these instructions about a month ago, so they are still valid.

adim86 · August 10, 2015, 10:12am

@tyusupov How did you test this on an actual device? I am having problems with that. Did you push this to production and and then attempt sending push notifications or where you able to to do this on dev?

Is it also possible to test this in an emulator?

Thanks for your response

tyusupov · August 10, 2015, 8:45pm

I tested by deploying the app on meteor.com first and then running something like this:

Push.send({
  from: 'test app',
  title: 'hello',
  text: 'hello world',
  query: {}
});

this delivered a push message from all users of the app.

If you have insecure package enabled, you can even do that from the browser console, otherwise you’ll have to run this on the server.

Hope this helps,

Telman

adim86 · August 11, 2015, 11:27am

@tyusupov Thanks a lot you have been very helpful

How do I register my device or the users of the app? is this automatic using the raix plugin. Also does the notifications only show when I am logged into the app?

tyusupov · August 12, 2015, 2:40am

Yes, I think notifications will be pushed automatically to all users of the app - there’s no need to register separately, once the plugin is installed and the app is deployed to the client.

I’m not sure if you need to be logged in to get a message - try it out.

dcll · October 23, 2018, 7:49am

Hi,I did the same.I am able to receive messages,but there is a latency,but immediately I should receive the notification.Help me