I would like to send a notification to my users to remember them to update the app, but I can't change the app code as obviously the problem is that the app is outdated.
Is there a way to open Play Store via a FCM notification, using clickAction
or something like that, without needing to make changes to the app?
No without changing in code you can't make that. You have to overwrite onMessageReceived as in here ( How to handle notification when app in background in Firebase ) and then set the URL of it as in here ( Opening a browser link through notification isn't working ). Reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/42339262/9252060
you can open play store-specific app using FCM you just need to put following logic in your onMessageReceived of your FCM custom class.
Bellow is the Logic:
public static void openStore(Context context,RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
Intent intent;
if (remoteMessage.getData().containsKey("appPackageName")) {
final String appPackageName = remoteMessage.getData().get("appPackageName"); // getPackageName()
try {
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackageName));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName));
}
int notificaionId = 1;
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle bigTextNotiStyle = null;
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
int color = ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.profileFontColor);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = (NotificationCompat.Builder) new NotificationCompat.Builder(getApplicationContext())
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_notification)
.setContentTitle("" + remoteMessage.getData().get("title"))
.setContentText("" + remoteMessage.getData().get("desc"))
.setStyle(bigTextNotiStyle)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setColor(color)
.setContentIntent(pIntent)
.setLights(Color.RED, 3000, 3000);
notificationManager.notify(notificaionId, mBuilder.build());
}
}