I'm trying to send some data to my users via the new Firebase push notifications service.
I'm adding some "key-value" custom data items with 'Message text' - "dbupdate" to detect if it's an update message or a normal push notification that I want to show my users.
In my receiver I check i there is custom data and run the update, if true. If this isn't the case, I show a normal notification with the text message.
It works only when my application opened. If the application is closed, the notification is shown anyway, and my if check doesn't even running,
some code:
public class PushMessageService extends FirebaseMessagingService {
@Override
public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
super.onMessageReceived(remoteMessage);
Map<String,String> data = remoteMessage.getData();
String link = data.get("link");
String name = data.get("name");
if (link!=null) {
Log.d("link",link);
Log.d("name",name);
UpdateHelper.Go(this, link, name);
}
else {
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_shop_white_24dp)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setContentTitle(remoteMessage.getNotification().getTitle())
.setContentText(remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody());
NotificationManager mNotificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
mNotificationManager.notify(5, mBuilder.build());
}
}
}
example notficiation here
Why is that so? What can I do to run my code even when the application closed?
When you application is in the foreground, notifications will be passed to
FirebaseMessagingService.onMessageReceived()
. When the app is not in the foreground, the notification will be handled by the default notification center.Also see:
How to push firebase notification only when CheckBoxPreference is checked?
Open app on firebase notification received (FCM)
In Android , if you want to update someting in the app whether the app is in forground/background/terminated states, then the best way is to remove the notification payload and send only the data payload
In this case
onMessageReceived()
will get executed. (In some android devices like xiomi you need to enable autostart for you application to process push in terminated states)In this case, how will you show notification to user ? You can pass title and body as custom tags in the data payload and generate notification programically. So in Android everything goes well without notification payload.
And if you have notification payload in Android then the problems are:
Also to enable this click functionality on notification, the notification payload should contain key named
click_action
:And you need to register the action as intent_filter in you activity
When ever user clicks on notification the
onNewIntent()
method of the curresponding activity is called and the data payload is available in the currespondingintent.getExtras()
As per my experience with Firebase push:
Problem: When sending push notification through "Firebase console", notification is only received when application is in foreground. If the application is killed or in background, the notification is shown only in Version >= lollipop with incorrect notification icon and/or opening the default launcher activity in the app even if you have defined different Activity in PendingIntent.
As per Firebase docs, a push message is divided into 2 pars, they call them: Docs Link here
Solution:
There are two ways to send a "Push" message.
1. Firebase Console
2. Messaging API - Image showing a request using Advanced REST Client
Push message is received in
onMessageReceived(...)
method. FirebaseonMessageReceived(...)
method will not get called if the app is in background or killed only when the message is sent through Firebase Console.If you send the message via API, it works fine. Message is delivered in
onMessageReceived(...)
method whether app is in background, foreground or killed. (Caution: This is working fine in>=Lollipop
- Behaviour for Android 4.4 or below is still unpredictable.Update:
You can send a push message from API (firebase call it downstream msg) like this: https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/downstream
Sending downstream messages from the server
To address or "target" a downstream message, the app server sets to with the receiving client app's registration token. You can send notification messages with predefined fields, or custom data messages; see Notifications and data in the message payload for details on payload support. Examples in this page show how to send data messages in HTTP and XMPP protocols.
HTTP POST Request