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Mobile push: settings & implementation

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If you want to set up web browser push, see this guide!

Description​

Mobile push notifications are displayed in your customers' mobile device message center, in the upper part of the screen most commonly. They are allowed by default on application installation — thus you can start engaging your customers right away and increase your app conversion.

In Altcraft Platform, there are 5 mobile push options:

  • Google Firebase Cloud Messaging — for both Android & iOS.

  • Apple Push Notification Service — iOS apps only.

  • Yandex.AppMetrica — for both Android & iOS.

  • Huawei Mobile Services — for both Android & iOS.

  • RuStore — Android apps only.

Configuring push for Android and iOS​

Firebase Cloud messaging​

Firebase cloud messaging is used as a cross-platform and a cross-browser solution to activate push notifications for Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and both iOS and Android applications. You can configure both platforms within one Resource. The first step is to create a project at Firebase Console.

In Altcraft Marketing select or create a Resource, where you will activate Firebase Cloud Messaging for supported mobile platforms. On activation Firebase section becomes active in the lower part of the form:

You would need the following information, retrieved from your Firebase project:

  • Firebase API key (Web API key)

Project ID and Web API key can be found in Project settings in General tab.

Server key and Sender ID are found in the Cloud messaging tab also in Project settings.

Apple Push Notification service​

APNS SDK can be used to send notifications to iOS devices. You will need an Apple Developer account to configure APNS. Then create a Resource and activate APNS. The configuration section will become available.

You can use APNS token:

Or alternatively — a PEM certificate:

Yandex.AppMetrica push SDK​

Yandex AppMetrica platform can be used as well to send mobile push notifications. AppMetrica push SDK must be integrated into your applications to do this. Yandex documentation is available here: Yandex AppMetrica documentation.

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Note that AppMetrica uses Google Firebase push SDK to deliver messages. You will want to implement it in your application.

The following data can be used as push subscription source:

  • AppMetrica device ID — unique AppMetrica device identifier for both OS.
  • iOS IFA — Apple advertising ID only for iOS.
  • Google AID — Google advertising ID only for Android.
  • Android Push token and iOS Push token — AppMetrica SDK tokens for both OS.

To access AppMetrica, you will need AppMetrica API token. For each application you will also get a unique AppMetrica Application ID. You can get this data in AppMetrica application settings.

Send rate parameter limits maximum sending speed per second. You can specify a custom Reporting tag that will be used in AppMetrica analytic reports:

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AppMetrica push subscriptions can be formed automatically. Yandex.AppMetrica events integration can manage this and much more. Contact us to get more information.

Huawei Mobile Services​

Huawei Mobile Services allows you to send push notifications from Huawei-supported apps to Android and iOS devices.

Go to resource editor and activate Huawei Mobile Services for Android and iOS apps:

In the panel below, select Huawei. Enter app information for setup:

You can find the Project ID, Client Secret and IDs of Android or iOS apps in your project settings. To do this, open the console in your Huawei developer account and go to AppGallery Connect → My projects. In the top panel, select the application for which you want to configure the sending of push notifications.

Use app information. Note that App ID = Client ID = Project ID.

RuStore​

The RuStore service allows you to send push notifications from applications published in RuStore. First you need to create a push notification project for your application.

Go to resource editor and activate RuStore for Android apps. On the panel below, select RuStore and enter the project details for configuration:

The details can be obtained in the RuStore Console system. To do this, on the application page, go to the "Push notifications" → "Projects" section and open your project. Use a service token as a Client secret.

App push subscription and tracking​

To add an application push subscription via API please use the following request: Add push subscription to database

App push event tracking​

App push notifications contain ack and open links.

GET HTTP request to these URLs generate "push delivered" and "push opened" events to be tracked by Altcraft platform.

You can then use these events in segmentation, profile action history and summary reports.

{
	"hub_link": {
	  "ack":"http://your.domian.com/api/v1.1/pushes/crypto_post_events?/2ab9162159...",
	  "open":"http://your.domian.com/api/v1.1/pushes/crypto_post_events?/555fbe0b9..."
	}
}

Add app push events​

You can also add events via API requests. Here is the link: Add app push events.

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