Gearing up for push notifications
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This document discusses push notifications and Aerogear Unified Push Server. It describes push notifications as a method to notify users of events when an app is not running. Aerogear Unified Push Server is presented as an open source push notification server that supports Android and iOS and can be hosted on OpenShift. Setup instructions are provided for configuring the server and client apps for push notifications.
Gearing up for push notifications
- 1. Gearing up for Push Notifications “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” - Sir Isaac Newton Text
- 2. Keith D. Moore • Independent Software Consultant • KD Moore Consulting • http://www.kdmooreconsulting.com • keith@kdmooreconsulting.com • @keithdmoore94
- 3. What is a Push Notification? A method of notifying a user that an event has occurred and allowing the user to launch the application associated with it.
- 4. Push Notification Qualities • Asynchronous • Delivered even if the app is not running • Sent to the app, if in the foreground • May contain additional data in its payload that can be used by the app
- 5. Push Notification Guidelines • Should not be abused • Message should be short • Not intended for mission critical events
- 6. Why do we need a Push Server ? • Because we are lazy developers
- 7. Why do we need a Push Server ? • Capitalize on the work of others • Focus on our application • Separation of Concerns • Multiple disparate systems integration
- 9. AeroGear • Backed by Red Hat • Active community • Good documentation • Rest API based • Other services (OTP, Crypto, Geofencing)
- 10. Aerogear Unified Push Server • Supports Android and iOS platforms • Cordova Plugin • Open Source • Can be hosted in the Cloud or internally • Java Sender API • Admin UI
- 11. Aerogear Unified Push Server • deviceToken (unique device identifier) • alert (“New Contact ‘John Smith’ added”) • alias (“john@acme.com”) • categories (“recruiter”, “sales”) • variants (“iOS Free”, “Android Free”) • ttl (time to live) • deviceTypes (“iPad”, “iPhone”, “AndroidTablet”)
- 12. AeroGear Unified Push Server
- 13. Aerogear on OpenShift(PaaS) • Backed by RedHat • Convenient • Practically free • Extremely easy to setup • Aerogear UPS Cartridge • MySQL 5.5 Cartridge • Nice command line tools • Jenkins Support • Docker support coming soon
- 14. Aerogear UPS Android Setup • Create a Google API project • Obtain Google API project number • Obtain API Credentials Public Key
- 15. Aerogear UPS iOS Setup • Setup Apple iOS developer account (pay the $99) • Create Apple App ID • Create SSL Certificate for APNs • Create Apple Provisioning Profile
- 16. Aerogear UPS Common Setup • Install Aerogear Unified Push Server (Locally, OpenShift or wherever) • Login to Aerogear Unified Push Server with default credentials • Add Push Application • Add Variant(s) • Android - Provide Google API project number and API Key • iOS - Upload certificate and provide passphrase
- 17. Server/Client App Setup Checklist • Setup server side application to send push notifications • Setup mobile client by providing push server url, variant info, etc.
- 18. Credits/Links • http://aerogear.org • https://www.openshift.com • http://developer.android.com/google/gcm/index.html • https://developer.apple.com/notifications • http://aerogear.org/docs/unifiedpush/aerogear-push-ios/ • All images, copyrights and trademarks belong to their respective owners. We are not directly affiliated with any of these companies.
Editor's Notes
- #3: Business cards and Aerogear stickers
- #4: Usually associated with mobile devices. However, push notifications can be sent to a browser using GCM for Chrome or Mozilla Simple Push. iOS8 introduces silent notifications which can allow an app to be notified about an event. An example would be a newsstand app, it could then download new content in the background.
- #5: I will show a demo of sending additional data in the payload later.
- #8: We would like to focus on getting our application to market, not get bogged down in the details of creating a push server. With a Push Server, we can easily send push notifications to multiple mobile applications from multiple disparate applications.
- #9: With a Push Server, we can easily send push notifications to multiple mobile applications from multiple disparate applications.
- #12: Practically free especially for small to medium size applications For more detailed pricing, see their website. Worst case, you could use OpenShift initially for dev or test to get up and running quickly
- #13: 30,000 foot view Show demo Show code
- #14: Practically free especially for small to medium size applications For more detailed pricing, see their website. Worst case, you could use OpenShift initially for dev or test to get up and running quickly
- #15: So you are convinced that you want to take this approach. Simulators will not support push notifications. Genymotion ? Aerogear site has screenshots for iOS setup.
- #16: So you are convinced that you want to take this approach. Simulators will not support push notifications. Genymotion ? Aerogear site has screenshots for iOS setup.
- #17: So you are convinced that you want to take this approach. Simulators will not support push notifications. Genymotion ? Aerogear site has screenshots for iOS setup.
- #18: So you are convinced that you want to take this approach. Simulators will not support push notifications. Genymotion ? Aerogear site has screenshots for iOS setup.