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Tutorial: Guide to Setup up Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) on Android

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  Push notifications is used to integrate real-time messaging to your apps. It keeps you stay in touch with users and makes it easy for your users to communicate. Below are the necessary steps required to add this feature to your application. You need Sender ID and API Key for Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). Creating a New App in Google Developers You need to get google-services.json file contains the GCM configurations for your App to send GCM messages to Android Devices The following instructions covers the creation Configuration file Go to Google Developers Click GET A CONFIGURATION FILE Enter the App Name and Application’s package name Click on Continue To Choose and Configuration Service Now in the next screen you will see a button to enable Google Cloud Messaging, click on it. Click Enable Google Cloud Messaging you will get the Server API Key and Sender ID Scroll and click on Continue To Generate Configuration Files Click on Download goolge-services.json button and you will ...

Tutorial: Guide to setup Push Notifications on iOS and OSX

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  Push notifications is used to integrate real-time messaging to your apps. It keeps you stay in touch with users and makes it easy for your users to communicate. Below are the necessary steps required to add this feature to your application. You need an iOS device and Apple Developer account to test push notifications and wont work on Simulators. 1. Creating the SSL certificate SSL certificate will help server to allow push notification and the app is identified using App ID 1.1. How to Create an Explicit App ID To install an app in iOS Device App ID is mandatory. These App IDs are in reversed addresses format (ex. com.pushnotif.sample). To support APNS app must use an Explicit App ID. Is it possible to use my existing App ID? If you have an App ID for your app and make sure that it was set up as an Explicit App ID. Wildcard App IDs cannot support APNS. You cannot convert Wildcard App IDs to Explicit App IDs The following instructions cover the creation of a new Explicit App ID. I...