This document explains how to setup an application that enables sending and receiving Android Push Notifications, and then integrate this application with the Appoxee messaging service.
The application setup process consists of the following steps:
Step A: Google Setup – create an Android app, get a Google Project ID and an API key, and then enable the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service. This step allows your app to send and receive Push Notifications.
Step B: Appoxee Setup - allow Appoxee to send notifications from your application, by adding the Android app to your Appoxee account.
- An application has two environments: Development and Production. Since GCM serves all Push notifications, you must distinguish between the Development and Production environments through your Appoxee Setup. The best practice is to create a separate app for each environment (the two apps may share the same Google Project ID and API key).
- Once you complete the Android Application Setup described in this document, your next task is to add push notifications to your code (see Appoxee Android SDK Integration).