XMPP (Openfire) Push Notifications Android

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Max picture Max · Jun 1, 2013 · Viewed 15.3k times · Source

I really tried to find a solution to this problem but didn't. There are some threads related to this concept, but I didn't find a comprehensive solution.

I have a server with Openfire which sends messages. When both users are online, there is no problem. However, when a user is offline I would like to send a push notification, as in Whatsapp. I heard that Whatsapp and other IM apps use a modified version of ejabber to send push notifications, but couldn't find out how.

One possibility is to use GCM, but I am not sure if this is the right way to go. Also I would like to avoid polling, for the sake of not draining battery life.

Does anyone know some solution to this or has an example?

Answer

Lucas Ferraz picture Lucas Ferraz · Mar 16, 2016

I am studying the openfire and found some good options that I would like to share with you. I found a plugin in github and i will test it this week. It seems that will be a good solution to your goal and to my: https://github.com/meisterfuu/Openfire-GCM/

Another option is to use CallbackOnOffline Plugin that calls a specified URL with To and From parameters. This url could be a endpoint in your web service, and with that data (To and From) you could get the associated Id for push in your base, and did a push.

https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/plugins.jsp

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