Android Question How to use the OneSignal push notification service with B4A?

[Oke]

How to use the push notification service from OneSignal for B4A, can you also provide an example of the code?

 

[MarcoRome]

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/pages/results/?query=onesignal

 

[DonManfred]

You don´t need any other Pushservice other than firebase notifications
It is really simple to send a Push Notification

[B4X] Firebase Push Notifications 2023+

Google has deprecated the previous method of sending push notifications. It will stop working on June 2024. If you have an already working solution then you only need to update the B4J side. Do make sure that you switched from the service to a receiver on B4A. The new API is (confusingly) named...

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[Oke]

ok, thank you...

 

[MichalK73]

You don´t need any other Pushservice other than firebase notifications
It is really simple to send a Push Notification

[B4X] Firebase Push Notifications 2023+

Google has deprecated the previous method of sending push notifications. It will stop working on June 2024. If you have an already working solution then you only need to update the B4J side. Do make sure that you switched from the service to a receiver on B4A. The new API is (confusingly) named...

www.b4x.com

A question out of curiosity. Firebase needs Google services on your phone? If so, how to use push notification if you have a Huawei phone or a clean CustomROM without Google services?

 

[DonManfred]

Firebase needs Google services on your phone?

yes

how to use push notification if you have a Huawei phone

Huawai has their own SDK

HMS - Huawei SDK

Huawei is the number one manufacturer of phones (https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/). Due to USA restrictions, the new phones that they sell do not include Google Play, Google Play Services and other Google...

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or a clean CustomROM without Google services?

You have to set a receivercomponent in any case. Even with OneSignal you have to install something.
Don´t know what though. I only use Original ROMs

 

[MichalK73]

You have to set a receivercomponent in any case. Even with OneSignal you have to install something.
Don´t know what though. I only use Original ROMs

In this case, how do you think the MQTT protocol would be a good choice? Wow then you could do notifications regardless of services.

 

[DonManfred]

how do you think the MQTT protocol would be a good choice?

You have to run any service which is running 24/7 to get the Packets... In Android nearly impossible.