We have a pretty big issue in our app which is set up to receive GCM push notifications: Without launching a push notification, the app receives a push notification - this happens every day!
I've implemented a GCM Client (and obviously the Server side too) pretty much exactly as stipulated here: http://developer.android.com/google/gcm/client.html and here http://developer.android.com/google/gcm/client.html#sample-receive
Here is my onHandleIntent function in my GCMIntentService:
#Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
GoogleCloudMessaging gcm = GoogleCloudMessaging.getInstance(this);
// The getMessageType() intent parameter must be the intent you received
// in your BroadcastReceiver.
String messageType = gcm.getMessageType(intent);
if (!extras.isEmpty()) { // has effect of unparcelling Bundle
// If it's a regular GCM message (and the user is logged in), do some work.
if (GoogleCloudMessaging.MESSAGE_TYPE_MESSAGE.equals(messageType) && prefsMan.getLoggedIn(this)) {
// Post notification of received message.
sendNotification(extras.getString("message"));
Log.i(TAG, "Received: " + extras.toString());
}
}
// Release the wake lock provided by the WakefulBroadcastReceiver.
GcmBroadcastReceiver.completeWakefulIntent(intent);
}
What is causing the push notification from appearing every day, without it being launched from the server side?
Just as a side note, if I could set a bounty on this today already, I would do it, so please - any help will be appreciated, and I'll eventually give some of my rep to anyone who can help me with this issue, as soon as I'm allowed to do this on SO (two days from now).
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I have successfully implemented a basic notification feature using react-native-firebase library, everything is working as expected, information is properly received and ready to be used for a purpose I have yet to determine. My code currently look like this for the notification handling part:
componentDidMount() {
/**
* When app on foreground, rewrap received notification and re-send it as notification using channelId
* A workaround because channelId never set by default by FCM API so we need to rewrap to make sure it is
* shown on user's notification tray
*/
this.notificationListener = firebase.notifications().onNotification((notification) => {
//data object must have channelId props as a workaround for foreground notification on Android
console.log('Notif ', notification);
notification.android.setChannelId(notification.data.channelId);
firebase.notifications().displayNotification(notification);
});
//On Notification tapped, be it from foreground or background
this.notificationOpen = firebase.notifications().onNotificationOpened((notificationOpen) => {
//body and title lost if accessed from background, taking info from data object by default
const notification = notificationOpen.notification;
console.log('Open ', notification)
Alert.alert(notification.data.title, notification.data.body);
});
//When notification received when app is closed
this.initialNotification = firebase.notifications().getInitialNotification()
.then((notificationOpen) => {
//body and title lost if accessed this way, taking info from data object where info will persist
if (notificationOpen) {
const notification = notificationOpen.notification;
console.log('Initial ', notification)
Alert.alert(notification.data.title, notification.data.body);
}
});
}
componentWillUnmount() {
this.notificationListener();
this.initialNotification()
this.notificationOpen();
}
The above code let me use any information I sent from firebase console or a php server set up by my colleague from within the above scope (not sure how the server side implementation was done, but it gives me the exact same notification object on my end).
So that's good and all, but the problem is when I set badge on IOS from firebase console, the badge doesn't go away once I opened the notification.
I have been trying to figure out if there's any extra bit I have to add to the above block to programatically decrement the badge counter, but have no luck so far.
So if anyone here can show me how to manage these notification objects properly (especially explaining the nature and lifecycle of these objects -- i.e. which data on which property/method persists or is static within the scope of the notification object) on both Android and IOS, that would be greatly appreciated :)
Turns out a simple firebase.notifications().setBadge(0) on root componentDidMount() clears out the badge count whenever the app is opened.
May need to use firebase.notifications().removeAllDeliveredNotifications() or firebase.notifications().cancelAllNotifications() to remove them from notification tray too.
May be you have to set code for badge while creating a notification
this.notificationListener = firebase.notifications().onNotification((notification) => {
const localNotification = new firebase.notifications.Notification()
.setNotificationId(notification.notificationId)
.setTitle(notification.title)
.setSubtitle(notification.subtitle)
.setBody(notification.body)
.setData(notification.data)
.ios.setBadge(notification.ios.badge);
firebase.notifications()
.displayNotification(localNotification)
.catch(err => console.error(err));
}
Put this line in code .ios.setBadge(notification.ios.badge); while building a notification and try again
Currently developing a Cordova app and wanted to use the IBM Bluemix Push Notification service to send user based push notifications.
According to the documentation here, seems like the first step is to call MFPPush.initialize(appGuid, clientSecret), which I tried to do. But this function is not present in the plugin interface and therefore I get an 'undefined' error when running the app.
Moreover, the doc also talks about calling MFPPush.registerDevice({},success,failure,userId). However, when I look at the plugin javascript interface, it only takes 3 parameters.
Could someone please give some advice to help me sort this out?
Thanks.
I just ran the Bluemix Cordova hellopush sample which should help you out. Make sure you follow the directions in the README, and make sure to change the route and guid in your index.js (it should look something like this):
route: "http://imfpush.ng.bluemix.net",
guid: "djkslk3j2-4974-4324-8e82-421c02ce847c",
You will be able to find the route and guid in your Push Notifications service credentials.
After running it by following the directions (and ensuring that you have GCM / APNS set up correctly for whatever platform you are using), you should be greeted with this screen after clicking register:
#johan #joe Cordova app can use the IBM Bluemix Push Notification service to send user based push notifications. Please follow the below example using BMSPush to register for Push Notifications.
// initialize BMSCore SDK
BMSClient.initialize("Your Push service region");
// initialize BMSPush SDK
var appGUID = "Your Push service appGUID";
var clientSecret = "Your Push service clientSecret";
// Initialize for normal push notifications
var options = {}
BMSPush.initialize(appGUID,clientSecret,options);
// Initialize for iOS actionable push notifications and custom deviceId
var options ={"categories":{
"Category_Name1":[
{
"IdentifierName":"IdentifierName_1",
"actionName":"actionName_1",
"IconName":"IconName_1"
},
{
"IdentifierName":"IdentifierName_2",
"actionName":"actionName_2",
"IconName":"IconName_2"
}
]},
"deviceId":"mydeviceId"
};
BMSPush.initialize(appGUID, clientSecret, options);
var success = function(response) { console.log("Success: " + response); };
var failure = function(response) { console.log("Error: " + response); };
// Register device for push notification without UserId
BMSPush.registerDevice(options, success, failure);
// Register device for push notification with UserId
var options = {"userId": "Your User Id value"};
BMSPush.registerDevice(options, success, failure);
Please go through the Bluemix Cordova Plugin Push SDK doc link.
How one forces Windows to disconnect from BLE device being used in UWP app? I receive notifications from some characteristics but at some point I want to stop receiving them and make sure I disconnect from the BLE device to save BLE device's battery?
Assuming your application is running as a gatt client and you have the following instances your are working with in your code:
GattCharacteristic myGattchar; // The gatt characteristic you are reading or writing on your BLE peripheral
GattDeviceService myGattServ; // The BLE peripheral' gatt service on which you are connecting from your application
BluetoothLEDevice myBleDev; // The BLE peripheral device your are connecting to from your application
When you are already connected to your BLE peripheral, if you call the Dispose() methods like this :
myBleDev.Dispose(); and/or myGattServ.Dispose(); and/or myGattchar.Service.Dispose()
you surely will free resources in your app but will not cleanly close the BLE connection: The application looses access to control resources for the connection. Nevertheless, connection remains established on the lower levels of the stack (On my peripheral device the Bluetooth connection active LED remains ON after calling any of Dispose() methods).
Forcing disconnection is done by first disabling notifications and indications on the concerned characteristic (i.e. myGattchar in my example above) by writing a 0 (zero) to the Client Characteristic Configuration descriptor for that characteristic through call to method WriteClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorAsync with parameter GattClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorValue.None :
GattCommunicationStatus status =
await myGattchar.WriteClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorAsync(
GattClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorValue.None);
Just dispose all objects related to the device. That will disconnect the device, unless there are other apps connected to it.
For my UWP app, even though I've used Dispose() methods, I still received notifications. What helped me was setting my device and characteristics to null. Example:
device.Dispose();
device = null;
Not all to certain of how "correct" this programming is, but it's been working fine for me so far.
The UWP Bluetooth BLE sample code from Microsoft (dispose the BLE device) didn't work for me. I had to add code (dispose the service) to disconnect the device.
private async Task<bool> ClearBluetoothLEDeviceAsync()
{
if (subscribedForNotifications)
{
// Need to clear the CCCD from the remote device so we stop receiving notifications
var result = await registeredCharacteristic.WriteClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorAsync(GattClientCharacteristicConfigurationDescriptorValue.None);
if (result != GattCommunicationStatus.Success)
{
return false;
}
else
{
selectedCharacteristic.ValueChanged -= Characteristic_ValueChanged;
subscribedForNotifications = false;
}
}
selectedService?.Dispose(); //added code
selectedService = null; //added code
bluetoothLeDevice?.Dispose();
bluetoothLeDevice = null;
return true;
}
Remember you must call -= for events you have called += or Dispose() will never really garbage collect correctly. It's a little more code, I know. But it's the way it is.
Not just with bluetooth stuff, I will remind you - with everything. You can't have hard referenced event handlers and get garbage collection to work as expected.
Doing all the disposing and null references suggested didn't achieve the Windows (Windows Settings) disconnection I was looking for.
But dealing with IOCTL through DeviceIoControl did the job.
I found that after calling GattDeviceService.GetCharacteristicsAsync(), BluetoothLeDevice.Dispose() does not work. So I dispose the Service I don't need.
GattCharacteristicsResult characteristicsResult = await service.GetCharacteristicsAsync();
if (characteristicsResult.Status == GattCommunicationStatus.Success)
{
foreach (GattCharacteristic characteristic in characteristicsResult.Characteristics)
{
if (characteristic.Uuid.Equals(writeGuid))
{
write = characteristic;
}
if (characteristic.Uuid.Equals(notifyGuid))
{
notify = characteristic;
}
}
if (write == null && notify == null)
{
service.Dispose();
Log($"Dispose service: {service.Uuid}");
}
else
{
break;
}
}
Finally, when I want to disconnect the Bluetooth connection
write.Service.Dispose();
device.Dispose();
device = null;
I'm using Distriqt Push Notifications Extension and I can't get it working correctly if the user does not allow PNs on first run: the application ends registering the user because it states that PNs are enabled and available.
I do the following:
if (PushNotifications.isSupported()) {
registerPushNotifications();
}
private function registerPushNotifications():void {
PushNotifications.service.addEventListener(PushNotificationEvent.REGISTER_SUCCESS, onPushNotificationToken);
PushNotifications.service.register(MODEL.Configuration.GCM_SENDER_ID);
}
private function onPushNotificationToken(event:PushNotificationEvent):void {
if (PushNotifications.service.isEnabled) { registerDevice(); }
}
Does not PushNotifications.service.isEnabled supposed to be false if the user disallows it? When does it become false? How am I supposed to handle this case scenario?
I've found what was happening in my application:
I'm handling activate/deactivate events to enable and disable background execution: NativeApplication.nativeApplication.executeInBackground = true;. This makes your application able to run on background, ignoring the UI which asks for user permission and it happens that PushNotifications.service.isEnabled is true on first run after installation.
What I've done is delaying adding activation and deactivation listeners till one of this things happen first:
The device does not support push notifications PushNotifications.isEnabled == false
When the device receive a push token
When the device fails receiving a push token
I hope this helps someone.
Just posting this here for anyone else who has issues with the isEnabled flag:
var hasRequestedPermissionsOnce:Boolean = false;
// You should load hasRequestedPermissionsOnce from some persistent storage, defaulting to false
...
PushNotifications.init( APP_KEY );
if (PushNotifications.isSupported)
{
if (PushNotifications.service.isEnabled)
{
// Notifications have been enabled by the user
// You are free to register and expect a registration success
register();
}
else if (!hasRequestedPermissionsOnce)
{
// You should implement hasRequestedPermissionsOnce somewhere to check if this is the first run of the app
// If we haven't called register once yet the isEnabled flag may be false as we haven't requested permissions
// You can just register here to request permissions or use a dialog to delay the request
register();
}
else
{
// The user has disabled notifications
// Advise your user of the lack of notifications as you see fit
}
}
...
private function register():void
{
// You should save hasRequestedPermissionsOnce to a shared object, file or other persistent storage
hasRequestedPermissionsOnce = true;
PushNotifications.service.addEventListener( PushNotificationEvent.REGISTER_SUCCESS, registerSuccessHandler );
PushNotifications.service.addEventListener( PushNotificationEvent.REGISTER_FAILED, registerFailedHandler );
PushNotifications.service.register( GCM_SENDER_ID );
}
Original source here: https://gist.github.com/marchbold/fb0438cf326a44cea0cf#file-distriqt-extensions-pushnotifications-isenabled-as
I'm currently building an android application using ionic/ngcordova. I'm at the point of implementing push notifications. I've implemented push notifications as a service which is injected at app.run(function(){..}) stage. The registration part works and I receive a callback containing the regid. Also, when the application is in the active state, the event is raised and the notification is received.
The problem I'm having is that when the application goes into the background, the notifications are not received at all. I would expect that a local notification would be raised when the app isn't running or something similar, but absolutely nothing happens, which is weird.
I've trawled the web for the last couple of days looking for a solution but I've been unable to find anything which kind of indicates to me that it should just work.
The following is my notificationService.js inside my app
app.factory('notificationService', ['$cordovaPush', function($cordovaPush){
var dataFactory = {};
//
// When the device is ready and this service has been plumbed in...
document.addEventListener("deviceready", function(){
console.log("initializing push notifications...");
_register();
}, false);
//
// Registers the device for push notifications...
var _register = function(){
var config = {};
if ( device.platform == 'android' || device.platform == 'Android' || device.platform == "amazon-fireos" ){
// TODO: centralise this value as it can change...
config = {
senderID: "448168747432",
ecb: "onNotificationGCM"
};
}else {
// iOS
config = {
"badge":"true",
"sound":"true",
"alert":"true"
};
// Can add the following property to the config object to raise a callback with the information if need be...
// "ecb": "onNotificationRegisterAPN"
}
$cordovaPush.register(config).then(function(result){
//
// Typically returns "ok" for android and devicetoken for iOS
console.log(result);
});
};
window.onNotificationGCM = function(result){
console.log(result);
/*
I get called when the app is in the foreground, but nothing happens when the app is in the background.
*/
};
dataFactory.register = _register;
return dataFactory;
}]);
If it helps, I'm using PushSharp via a .net application in order to deliver the notifications. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: I'm using the following frameworks/libs:
Ionic Framework 1.2.14-beta6
Cordova 4.2.0
PushPlugin
For anyone else who's been pulling their hair out for a couple of days like I have, the solution was really simple...I was missing two properties in my Pushsharp QueueNotification request. So using the example given on the PushSharp github repo here: https://github.com/Redth/PushSharp#sample-code
push.QueueNotification(new GcmNotification().ForDeviceRegistrationId("DEVICE-REGISTRATION-ID-HERE").WithJson("{\"alert\":\"Hello World!\",\"badge\":7,\"sound\":\"sound.caf\"}"));
Needs to be updated to add the missing properties:
push.QueueNotification(new GcmNotification().ForDeviceRegistrationId("DEVICE REGISTRATION ID HERE")
.WithJson(#"{""alert"":""This is the future"",""badge"":7,""sound"":""sound.caf"",""title"":""Status Bar title"",""message"":""Some text you want to display to the user""}"));
Otherwise if your app happens to be developed using Cordova and its not currently in the foreground, nothing, repeat nothing will happen.
Tip my hat to gdelavald with his comment on PushPlugin for pointing me in the right direction here:
https://github.com/phonegap-build/PushPlugin/issues/212