I have implemented android notification in my application and it is working fine except that it shows a number instead of the actual message body. Here is teh screen shot of what I am getting,
This is the code I have,
public static final int MESSAGE_NOTIFICATION_ID = 435345;
private int MESSAGE_TYPE ;
#Override
public void onMessageReceived(String from, Bundle data) {
String message = data.getString("message");
String type = data.getString("type");
if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("Load Messages"))
{
MESSAGE_TYPE = Global.NOTIFICATION_LOAD_MESSAGE;
EventBus.getDefault().post(new HandyManEvents.ReloadMessages(true));
}
else
{
MESSAGE_TYPE = Global.NOTIFICATION_LOAD_LIVE_JOBS;
}
createNotification(from, message);
}
// Creates notification based on title and body received
private void createNotification(String title, String body) {
Context context = getBaseContext();
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
notificationIntent.putExtra("menuFragment", MESSAGE_TYPE);
PendingIntent pending= PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0,notificationIntent, 0);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher).setContentTitle(title)
.setContentIntent(pending)
.setContentText(body);
NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
mNotificationManager.notify(MESSAGE_NOTIFICATION_ID, mBuilder.build());
}
Any clue whats going wrong here?
Updated
When app is running in foreground I am seeing this behaviour. This is the bundle I got from notification,
Bundle[{type=Load Messages, notification=Bundle[{e=1, body=You have a new message, icon=app_icon, title=New Message}], collapse_key=com.company.app}]
How to extract the title and body from Bundle?
Thanks.
You are uing google play services APIs to capture GCM messages. The class in which this code belongs is the one that extends GcmListenerService and you're overriding onMessageReceived(String from, Bundle data) which takes the sender ID as the first argument (from) and that what appears in your notification as you assigning it as a title.
You need to parse the bundle in a correct way to be able to get the data and that depends on the payload the server sends. You can see which key is available in the bundle by logging it
for (String key : bundle.keySet()){
Log.d(TAG, key + " = " + bundle.get(key));
}
Related
I used firebase to build My project.
It will also use the FCM (firebase cloud message).
But there is a problem. I can't handle the FCM (create my custom notificaion) when app is in background.
The official site tutorial said that
case 1: App foreground -> override the "onMessageReceived()" to create your custom notification.
case 2: App background -> System will create the notification directly. We needn't and can't do anything. Because it doesn't trigger the "onMessageReceived()" in this case.
However if I can do nothing when app is background, I can't create my custom notification. (e.g. After Users click the notification and it will pop up a window to show detail information.)
So how do I handle notifications with FCM when app is in background?
There is a bad news. Google change the Firebase source code in version 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.6.0'.
handelIntent is "public final void method" now. which means we can't override it .
If you want to use the solution, change the version to be "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.4.2"
Try my way. It can perfectly work on the project build version is Android 6.0 above(api level 23) and I have tried it already.
There is better way than official site tutorial
The official site said that the notification will be created by system when app is in background. So you can't handle it by overriding the "onMessageReceived()". Because the "onMessageReceived()" is only triggered when app is in foreground.
But the truth is not. Actually the notificaions (when app is in background) are created by Firebase Library.
After I traced the firebase library code. I find a better way.
Step 1. Override the "handleIntent()" instead of "onMessageReceived()" in FirebaseMessagingService
why:
Because the method will be trigger either app is in foreground or the background. So we can handle FCM message and create our custom notifications in both cases.
#Override
public void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
Log.d( "FCM", "handleIntent ");
}
Step 2. Parse the message from FCM
how:
If you don't know the format of the message you set. Print it and try to parse it.
Here is the basic illustration
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
for (String key : bundle.keySet()) {
Object value = bundle.get(key);
Log.d("FCM", "Key: " + key + " Value: " + value);
}
}
Step 2. Remove the notifications created by Firebase library when the app is in background
why:
We can create our custom notification. But the notification created by Firebase Library will still be there (Actually it created by ""super.handleIntent(intent)"". There is detail explaination below.). Then we'll have two notifcations. That is rather weird. So we have to remove the notificaion created by Firebase Library
how (project build level is Android 6.0 above):
Recognize the notifications which we want to remove and get the informaion. And use the "notificationManager.cancel()" to remove them.
private void removeFirebaseOrigianlNotificaitons() {
//check notificationManager is available
NotificationManager notificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
if (notificationManager == null )
return;
//check api level for getActiveNotifications()
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
//if your Build version is less than android 6.0
//we can remove all notifications instead.
//notificationManager.cancelAll();
return;
}
//check there are notifications
StatusBarNotification[] activeNotifications =
notificationManager.getActiveNotifications();
if (activeNotifications == null)
return;
//remove all notification created by library(super.handleIntent(intent))
for (StatusBarNotification tmp : activeNotifications) {
Log.d("FCM StatusBarNotification",
"StatusBarNotification tag/id: " + tmp.getTag() + " / " + tmp.getId());
String tag = tmp.getTag();
int id = tmp.getId();
//trace the library source code, follow the rule to remove it.
if (tag != null && tag.contains("FCM-Notification"))
notificationManager.cancel(tag, id);
}
}
The my whole sample code:
public class MyFirebaseMessagingService extends FirebaseMessagingService {
private static int notificationCount=0;
#Override
public void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
//add a log, and you'll see the method will be triggered all the time (both foreground and background).
Log.d( "FCM", "handleIntent");
//if you don't know the format of your FCM message,
//just print it out, and you'll know how to parse it
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
for (String key : bundle.keySet()) {
Object value = bundle.get(key);
Log.d("FCM", "Key: " + key + " Value: " + value);
}
}
//the background notification is created by super method
//but you can't remove the super method.
//the super method do other things, not just creating the notification
super.handleIntent(intent);
//remove the Notificaitons
removeFirebaseOrigianlNotificaitons();
if (bundle ==null)
return;
//pares the message
CloudMsg cloudMsg = parseCloudMsg(bundle);
//if you want take the data to Activity, set it
Bundle myBundle = new Bundle();
myBundle.putSerializable(TYPE_FCM_PLATFORM, cloudMsg);
Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, NotificationActivity.class);
myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
myIntent.putExtras(myBundle);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, notificationCount, myIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
//set the Notification
NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.icon)
.setContentTitle(cloudMsg.getTitle())
.setContentText(cloudMsg.getMessage())
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.notify(notificationCount++, notificationBuilder.build());
}
/**
* parse the message which is from FCM
* #param bundle
*/
private CloudMsg parseCloudMsg(Bundle bundle) {
String title = null, msg=null;
//if the message is sent from Firebase platform, the key will be that
msg = (String) bundle.get("gcm.notification.body");
if(bundle.containsKey("gcm.notification.title"))
title = (String) bundle.get("gcm.notification.title");
//parse your custom message
String testValue=null;
testValue = (String) bundle.get("testKey");
//package them into a object(CloudMsg is your own structure), it is easy to send to Activity.
CloudMsg cloudMsg = new CloudMsg(title, msg, testValue);
return cloudMsg;
}
/**
* remove the notification created by "super.handleIntent(intent)"
*/
private void removeFirebaseOrigianlNotificaitons() {
//check notificationManager is available
NotificationManager notificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
if (notificationManager == null )
return;
//check api level for getActiveNotifications()
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
//if your Build version is less than android 6.0
//we can remove all notifications instead.
//notificationManager.cancelAll();
return;
}
//check there are notifications
StatusBarNotification[] activeNotifications =
notificationManager.getActiveNotifications();
if (activeNotifications == null)
return;
//remove all notification created by library(super.handleIntent(intent))
for (StatusBarNotification tmp : activeNotifications) {
Log.d("FCM StatusBarNotification",
"tag/id: " + tmp.getTag() + " / " + tmp.getId());
String tag = tmp.getTag();
int id = tmp.getId();
//trace the library source code, follow the rule to remove it.
if (tag != null && tag.contains("FCM-Notification"))
notificationManager.cancel(tag, id);
}
}
}
However if I can do nothing when app is background, I can't create my custom notification. (e.g. After Users click the notification and it will pop up a window to show detail information.)
So how do I handle notifications with FCM when app is in background?
First, you need to create correct message payload that you send to fcm server. Example:
{
"to": "topic_name",
"priority": "high",
"data": {
"field1": "field1 value"
"field2": "field2 value"
}
"notification" : {
"body" : "Lorem ipsum",
"title" : "sampke title"
"click_action": "SHOW_DETAILS"
}
}
data payload is actual data you want to show as message details after user clicks on notification, notification payload represents how generated notification should look (there are much more attributes possible to set), you don't need to build notification by yourself, you only need to set it properties here.
To show your activity after user taps on notication, you need to set intent filter corresponding to click_action:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="SHOW_DETAILS"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
so activity that have above intent filter will be launched automatically when user taps to notification.
Last step is to retrieve data when activity is launched after notification tap. It's pretty easy. Custom data is passed to activity via bundle. Inside onCreate method for your activity do something like that:
Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
if(bundle.getString("action").equals("SHOW_DETAILS")) /*This indicates activity is launched from notification, not directly*/
{
//Data retrieved from notification payload send
String filed1 = bundle.getString("field1");
String filed2 = bundle.getString("field2");
}
All of above is valid if app is not running or it's in background. If your app is foreground, no notification will be created. Instead, you will receive onMessageReceived() event so you can handle the same data there (I guess you know how).
Reference:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/http-server-ref
https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-android/tree/master/messaging
You need to use FCM data messages in order to create custom notification in a android app.Even your app is in background, onMessageReceived will be called, so you can process the data and show the custom notification.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/android/receive
Data message format which has to be sent from server:
{"message":{
"token":"Your Device Token",
"data":{
"Nick" : "Mario",
"body" : "great match!",
"Room" : "PortugalVSDenmark"
}
}
}
FCM Won't send a background notification if your app is killed any more, and as you described in your answer about the handleIntent() solution It may work for some devices and for some old version of the FCM, also if you #override method that doesn't described in the official doc's of firebase you may struggle some problems here, and you use it on your own risk!.
What is the solution?
You need to use your own push-notification-service beside FCM like Telegram.
OR using SyncAdapter beside GCM like Gmail.
So if you need it to work successfully like those apps, you have to use your own hack.
public class FirebaseMessageReceiver extends FirebaseMessagingService{
private static final String TAG = "main";
String s12;
String channel_id = "general";
Intent intent;
#Override
public void onNewToken(#NonNull String token)
{
Log.d(TAG, "Refreshed token: " + token);
}
#Override
public void
onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
s12=remoteMessage.getNotification().getClickAction();
Log.d("tttt",(remoteMessage.getData().toString()));
Log.d("ttttttt",(remoteMessage.getNotification().toString()));
if (remoteMessage.getNotification() != null) {
showNotification(remoteMessage.getNotification().getTitle(), remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
}
//
}
public void handleIntent(Intent intent)
{
try
{
if (intent.getExtras() != null)
{
RemoteMessage.Builder builder = new RemoteMessage.Builder("FirebaseMessageReceiver");
for (String key : intent.getExtras().keySet())
{
builder.addData(key, intent.getExtras().get(key).toString());
}
onMessageReceived(builder.build());
}
else
{
super.handleIntent(intent);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
super.handleIntent(intent);
}
}
private RemoteViews getCustomDesign(String title, String message) {
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getApplicationContext().getPackageName(), R.layout.notification);
remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.title111, title);
remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.message111, message);
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.icon111, R.drawable.favicon);
return remoteViews;
}
// Method to display the notifications
public void showNotification(String title, String message) {
intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(s12));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
PendingIntent notifyIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE);
Log.d("notifyy",notifyIntent.toString());
NotificationCompat.Builder builder
= new NotificationCompat
.Builder(getApplicationContext(),
channel_id)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.favicon)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setVibrate(new long[]{1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000})
.setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
.setContentIntent(notifyIntent);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O){
builder = builder.setContent(getCustomDesign(title, message));
}
else {
builder = builder.setContentTitle(title)
.setContentText(message)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.favicon);
}
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
// Check if the Android Version is greater than Oreo
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
NotificationChannel notificationChannel = new NotificationChannel(channel_id, "web_app",
NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH);
notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(
notificationChannel);
}
notificationManager.notify(0, builder.build());
}
}
I'm having a problem using the FCM Push Notification Messaging Service, as I've overridden the handleIntent() method to receive the notification when the app is in the foreground. I am also using the onMessageReceived() method.
But when the app is in the background, I will receive 2 notifications, which one of them only opens up the app and runs the MainActivity while the other is opening up the app how I want it to.
FYI: The notification I receive when I am in the foreground is exactly how I want it to open.
This is the code I've written below :
public class MyFirebaseMessagingService extends FirebaseMessagingService {
private final String NOTIFICATION_TYPE = "type";
private final String NOTIFICATION_ID = "id";
private final String NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PRODUCT_DETAIL = "productdetail";
#Override
public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
super.onMessageReceived(remoteMessage);
String title = remoteMessage.getNotification().getTitle();R
String body = remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody();
String token = remoteMessage.getFrom();
Log.d("FireBase TAG: ", token);
// Check if message contains a data payload.
if (remoteMessage.getData().size() > 0) {
Log.d("FireBaseMessageService","FireBase Data payload : " + remoteMessage.getData());
}
// Check if message contains a notification payload.
if (remoteMessage.getNotification() != null) {
Log.d(TAG, "Message Notification Body: " + remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
}
}
#Override
public void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
super.handleIntent(intent);
String type = intent.getExtras().getString(NOTIFICATION_TYPE, "");
int id = 0;
try {
id = Integer.valueOf(intent.getExtras().getString(NOTIFICATION_ID, ""));
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//Intents
Intent mainIntent = MainActivity.newIntent(this);
Intent editProfileIntent = EditProfileActivity.newIntent(this);
Intent settingsIntent = SettingsActivity.newIntent(this);
Intent productIntent = ProductActivity.newNotificationIntent(this, id, false, true);
if (UserManager.getSingleton().isUserLoggedIn(getApplicationContext())) {
PendingIntent pendingIntent;
if (type.equalsIgnoreCase(NOTIFICATION_TYPE_PRODUCT_DETAIL)) {
TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(this);
stackBuilder.addParentStack(MainActivity.class);
stackBuilder.addNextIntent(mainIntent);
stackBuilder.addNextIntent(productIntent);
editProfileIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
pendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
}
else {
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, productIntent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
}
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
.setContentTitle(intent.getExtras().getString("gcm.notification.title"))
.setContentText(intent.getExtras().getString("gcm.notification.body"))
.setDefaults(NotificationCompat.DEFAULT_VIBRATE)
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_MAX)
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
NotificationManager manager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
manager.notify(0, builder.build());
}
}
}
I have deleted the NotificationCompat.Builder from the onMessageReceived() method.
But I am still receiving two notifications in the background.
App Gradle :
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.4.2' //Firebase
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.4.2' //Firebase Cloud Messaging
I've tried searching for a solution online but unluckily there isn't a solution pointing to Android.
You are handling your Notification stuff into handleIntent(Intent intent). You should probably remove super.handleIntent(intent); to prevent the Firebase system to handle notification while the app is in background.
Solution: remove super.handleIntent(intent);
Just make a sendnotification() method and set whatever parameters you want to pass like body i.e sendnotification(String body). Use pending intent to start you activity and when you click on notification your app parse the data to the launcher activity which is defined in manifest, so once you have data in your launcher activity you can send data to other activity using intent.
I think the .setContentText("") is getting called more than 1 times and are you getting same notification two times?
The notification which works perfectly is generated by your code but when your application is not in foreground android system will generate the notification for you. In this case when you don't have the control to send data in your intent that you were sending to open your desired Activity.
In this case, you have to do some modification on your servers payload. You have to add click_action in your payload, this is how android system will identify the destination activity.
Payload Example:
{ "notification": {
"title":"Notification title",
"body":"Notification body",
"click_action":"<Your_destination_activity>",
}, "data":{
"param1":"value1",
"param2":"value2"
},
"priority":"high",
}
Reference:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/http-server-ref
yes,
When you app in background you will receive the push at system tray so system tray will create push with notification title and message.
and when you click on the push your initial launcher activity (which mentioned as launcher in manifest) will open.
you can get your notification data at you launcher activity (bundle).
private void handlePush() {
Intent intent = null;
if (bundle.getString("push_type") != null && bundle.getString("push_type").length() > 0) {
switch (bundle.getString("push_type")) {
case PUSH_TYPE_FOLLOW_USER: {
intent = new Intent(this, ProfileExternalActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(Constants.USER_ID, Integer.parseInt(bundle.getString("id")));
intent.putExtra(Constants.FROM_PUSH_NOTIFICATION_SPLASH, true);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
break;
}
}
if (intent != null)
startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}
and you need to check activty have data or not
if (bundle != null)
handlePush();
else //your next activity
FYI : https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/android/receive
or
you can get payload object instead of data object inside notification , if you have payload object in your notification object, push all time received at your onMessageReceived().
for people still having this issue:
Here is a hack to prevent this behavior. I've looked all over and there seems to be minimal info about this, but if you save the actual message being sent in shared preferences and then do a check against that value in onRecieve, you can easily prevent this. The only downside is that your user can't send the exact same message two times in a row in the form of a notification (but that would be annoying anyway). example:
#Override
public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
SharedPreferences Settings = getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = Settings.edit();
message = remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody();
from = remoteMessage.getFrom(); //this comes through as the topic, oddly...
if(from.equals("/topics/"+userID+deviceID+"all")) {
if(!message.equals(Settings.getString("messageall",null))) {//this filters any dupe messages
utils.postNotification(title, message, context, extra, "messages");//create notification
editor.putString("messageall", message);//always update to the last message
editor.commit();
}
}
}
I am trying to use FCM to send UpStream Message, so I followed the tutorial on google and it works.
As shown in the code below in MainActivity, I send Upstream message when the button is clicked, then in MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService I should see a Log message as shown
below in MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService.
But what happen is, the Log messages in MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService in onMessageSent in do not get displayed even I kept pressing the button several times.
the Log message in MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService in onMessageSent can be displayed only if sent a downstream messagefrom FCM to the App, in this case, both the Logs in
in MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService will be displayed.
Please let me know why the Log message in onMessageSent is not getting displayed once there is an UpStream message sent?and how to fix it.
Mainactivity:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mBtnSendUpstreamMsg = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_send_upstream_message);
mBtnSendUpstreamMsg.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
FirebaseMessaging fm = FirebaseMessaging.getInstance();
fm.send(new RemoteMessage.Builder("673xxxxx" + "#gcm.googleapis.com")
.setMessageId("2")
.addData("my_message", "Hello World")
.addData("my_action","SAY_HELLO")
.build());
}
});
}
MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService:
public class MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService extends FirebaseMessagingService {
private final static String TAG = MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService.class.getSimpleName();
#Override
public void onMessageSent(String s) {
super.onMessageSent(s);
Log.d(TAG, "onMessageSent: upstream message");
}
#Override
public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
Log.d(TAG, "onMessageReceived: downstream message");
//Log data to Log Cat
Log.d(TAG, "onMessageReceived->From: " + remoteMessage.getFrom());
Log.d(TAG, "onMessageReceived->Notification Message Body: " + remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
//create notification
createNotification(remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
}
private void createNotification( String messageBody) {
Intent intent = new Intent( this , ResultActivity.class );
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
PendingIntent resultIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity( this , 0, intent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
Uri notificationSoundURI = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
NotificationCompat.Builder mNotificationBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder( this)
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
.setContentTitle("Android Tutorial Point FCM Tutorial")
.setContentText(messageBody)
.setAutoCancel( true )
.setSound(notificationSoundURI)
.setContentIntent(resultIntent);
NotificationManager notificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.notify(0, mNotificationBuilder.build());
}
}
Yes, is possible to send a Firebase messaging push notification and receive it in all app life cycles using onMessageReceived.
But is necessary to change the default Firebase behaviour, intercepting the intent request before everything else.
** IMPORTANT NOTE **
This was a pretty stupid idea from Firebase by remove the developers processment capability when the FCM message arives with the notification message format, but not for data message.
This created a bunch of "workarounds" in many solutions, which made the analythics and everything else being messed up.
If I had designed this solution, I would always call the onMessageReceived method with a completion handle. Let the developer decide what to do (free tip for you, Firebase).
Use onMessageReceived is the correct way to do. This method is the only one who brings RemoteMessage object, that have every information what you need. It was designed for it. You are on correct path.
** HOW TO DO **
In your Firebase Class MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService, which extends FirebaseMessagingService, override the public method handleIntent to intercep the intent request before Firebase catch it.
#Override
public void handleIntent(Intent intent){
if(intent.hasExtra("google.message_id")){
intent = handleFirebaseIntent(intent);
}
super.handleIntent(intent);
}
After, transform the notification message package into an data message, removing all "gcm.notification.%" and "gcm.n.%" extras from intent, and translating "gcm.notification.title", "gcm.notification.body" and "gcm.notification.image" elements into what you need:
// Thank you Google, for that brilliant idea to treat notification message and notification data
// differently on Android, depending of what app life cycle is. Because of that, all the developers
// are doing "workarounds", using data to send push notifications, and that's not what you planned for.
// Let the developers decide what to do on their apps and ALWAYS deliver the notification
// to "onMessageReceived" method. Its simple, is freedom and its what the creative ones need.
private Intent handleFirebaseIntent(Intent intent){
//printIntentExtras(intent);
String FCM_TITLE_KEY = "gcm.notification.title";
String FCM_BODY_KEY = "gcm.notification.body";
String FCM_IMAGE_KEY = "gcm.notification.image";
String title = intent.getStringExtra(FCM_TITLE_KEY);
String body = intent.getStringExtra(FCM_BODY_KEY);
String image = intent.getStringExtra(FCM_IMAGE_KEY);
// Remove the key extras that identifies an Notification type message
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
for (String key : bundle.keySet()) {
if (key.startsWith("gcm.notification.") || key.startsWith("gcm.n."))
{
intent.removeExtra(key);
}
}
}
Boolean isTitleEmpty = StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(title);
Boolean isBodyEmpty = StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(body);
Boolean isImageEmpty = StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(image);
// Notification title and body has prevalence over Data title and body
if(
!isTitleEmpty || !isBodyEmpty || !isImageEmpty
){
// This is my personalized translation method, designed for my solution.
// Probably you gonna need to do it by your own
String contentData = intent.getStringExtra(Definitions.PUSH_NOTIFICATION_CONTENT);
Map<String, Object> content;
if(StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(contentData)){
content = new HashMap<String, Object>();
content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_ID, new Random().nextInt(65536) - 32768);
content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_KEY, "basic_channel" );
} else {
content = JsonUtils.fromJson(new TypeToken<Map<String, Object>>(){}.getType(),contentData);
}
if(!isTitleEmpty) content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_TITLE, title);
if(!isBodyEmpty) content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_BODY, body);
if(!isImageEmpty){
content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_BIG_PICTURE, image);
content.put(Definitions.NOTIFICATION_LAYOUT, NotificationLayout.BigPicture.toString());
}
contentData = JsonUtils.toJson(content);
intent.putExtra(Definitions.PUSH_NOTIFICATION_CONTENT, contentData);
}
//printIntentExtras(intent);
return intent;
}
private void printIntentExtras(Intent intent){
Bundle bundle;
if ((bundle = intent.getExtras()) != null) {
for (String key : bundle.keySet()) {
System.out.println(key + " : " + (bundle.get(key) != null ? bundle.get(key) : "NULL"));
}
}
}
You can check my entire solution here.
I am using push notifications and they work fine when i am inside the app. But when app is in background . When notification arrives , i need it to go to onMessageRecieved because i am setting a condition like :
public class MyGcmListenerService extends GcmListenerService {
private static final String TAG = "MyGcmListenerService";
#Override
public void onMessageReceived(String from, Bundle data) {
String message = data.getString("message");
String type = data.getString("type");
Log.d(TAG, "From: " + from);
Log.d(TAG, "Message: " + message);
Log.d(TAG, "Type: " + type);
sendNotification(message, type);
}
private void sendNotification(String message, String type) {
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
//Set all notifcation properties etc
if (type.equals(Constants.GROUP_NOTIFICATION)) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));
}else {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(Keys.NOTIFICATION_TYPE, Constants.QUESTION_NOTIFICATION);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));
}
}
}
For question Push Notification when it comes to the mainactivity by checking intent data it shoud be redirected to the questionActivity but since intent data is never set , it stays in mainactivity.
So my question is , how do i get data from the notification?
Well since i didn't get answers on my post so i figured out the problem my self . Did some searching and found out that there are two types of payloads. Data and notification . And if u have the notification payload than if your app is in background . Android will create a notification itself and will not called onMEssageRecieved . So i went to my server code and simply removed the notification payload part :) and now onMessagerecieved gets called.
I am able to create push notifications. But currently I am just able to make people land on the home screen.
How can I send people to a specific Activity? And is it possible to also put add some parameter like item_id so the activity knows what data to load?
Or if there is a good tutorial for this somewhere, that would be great as well. I can't really seem to find much good info on this by googling.
In my GCMIntentService I have this method:
#Override
protected void onMessage(Context ctxt, Intent message)
{
Bundle extras=message.getExtras();
try
{
String question_id = extras.getString("question_id");
// SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences( this );
// Intent intent = new Intent(ctxt, QuestionActivity.class);
generateNotification(ctxt, extras.getString("message"), "New Message" );
}
catch ( Exception e )
{
}
}
But I am not sure how to change the generateNotification to also signal what Activity the person should land on.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
Give Eran credit for the JSON, I just want to elaborate.
You can add other parameters with the data key:
{
"registration_ids" : ["APA91bHun4MxP5egoKMwt2KZFBaFUH-1RYqx..."],
"data": {
"stuff": "100",
"more": "abc"
},
}
Then access the same way using intent.getExtras().getString("stuff").
It is all here.
Then in your generateNotifcation():
private static void generateNotification(Context context, String message) {
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)
context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher, message, when);
String title = "...";
//get id from json here and decide which activity to go to...
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(context, someClass.class);
notificationIntent.putExtra("message",message);
PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, notificationIntent,PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, title, message, intent);
notification.defaults|=Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;
notificationManager.notify(0, notification);
}
Of course you can add a parameter like item_id. You can add any parameter you want to the notification. Unlike Apple Push Notifications, there are no predefined payload parameters, so just like you have a message parameter, you can have any other parameter with a String value (as long as the total lengths of the parameter names and values don't pass 4096 bytes).
And as for loading an Activity from the notification, you can find everything you'll need here.