Push Notifications in Android Platform

android push alerts
Vinod picture Vinod · Sep 4, 2009 · Viewed 302.9k times · Source

I am looking to write an app that receives pushed alerts from a server. I found a couple of methods to do this.

  1. SMS - Intercept the incoming SMS and initiate a pull from the server
  2. Poll the server periodically

Each has its own limitations. SMS- no guarantee on arrival time. Poll may drain the battery.

Do you have a better suggestion please? Thanks very much.

Answer

BoD picture BoD · Aug 2, 2010

Google's official answer is the Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework (deprecated) Google Cloud Messaging(deprecated) Firebase Cloud Messaging

It will work on Android >= 2.2 (on phones that have the Play Store).

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