How to make push notification using our custom API in android

Android push notification is a service which notifies you that has any new data come or not in your smart device.

Android push notification is a service used by developers to send data to Android smartphones.

There are several different methods that can be used to implement Android push messages, the standard way is GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) but the alternatives are everywhere.

So here, We are using simply an alarmManager to make a request to the server after an interval and our custom API to make a response to android smartphones.

1. Make your pendingIntent and set alarm

This is your primary activity named MainActivity.java, Here we have to set pendingIntent where pendingIntent is the instance of the Intent that starts the Activity when a user touches the push notification.

Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, alarmIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
int interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2;
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), interval, pendingIntent);

Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);

PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, alarmIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);

int interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2;

alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), interval, pendingIntent);

In above block of code,

alarmIntent – is an object of Intent.
PendingIntent – is the instance of the Intent that starts the Activity when a user touches the push notification.
AlarmManager – This class provides access to the system alarm services. These allow you to schedule your application to be run at some point in the future.
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT – Flag indicating that if the described PendingIntent already exists, then keep it but replace its extra data with what is in this new Intent. For use with getActivity, getBroadcast, and getService.

int interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2;

1	int interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2;

Here we have set the interval of 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2. Means It will run after every 2 hr.

2. Make your BroadcastReceiver class

In step 2, We are making a BroadcastReceiver class named AlarmReceiver.java.

Here, we send a request to the server and server send a response to the client (mobile device) and show to the form of push notification on smartphones.

package webkul.xyz.abc;

import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.ksoap2.SoapEnvelope;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.PropertyInfo;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapObject;
import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapSerializationEnvelope;
import org.ksoap2.transport.HttpTransportSE;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
import android.text.Html;
import android.util.Log;

public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

	static Context thisContext;
	Object response = null, mainResponse = null;
	JSONObject mainObject;

	@Override
	public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
		thisContext = context;
		new Connection().execute(context);
	}
	private class Connection extends AsyncTask < Context, String, Object > {

		private Editor editor;

		@Override
		protected String doInBackground(Context...arguments) {
			try {
				// getNotifications is API which will give the notification data

				SoapObject mainRequest = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, "getNotifications");
				SoapSerializationEnvelope requestEnvelop = getSoapSerializationEnvelope(mainRequest);
				HttpTransportSE ht = getHttpTransportSE();
				ht.call(NAMESPACE, requestEnvelop);

				// some connection code which send the request to the server and get response 

				mainResponse = (Object) requestEnvelop.getResponse();
				String mainResponseAsString = mainResponse.toString();
				mainObject = new JSONObject(mainResponseAsString);

			} catch (Exception e) {
				Log.d("Exception", e.toString());
				return "no";
			}
		}

		@Override
		protected void onPostExecute(Object result) {
			Intent intent = new Intent(thisContext, category.class);
// this is the response which is show on the push notification.
			String notificationMessage = mainObject.getString("content");
			String notificationSubTitle = mainObject.getString("subTitle");
			String notificationTitle = mainObject.getString("title");

			notification(intent, notificationSubTitle, notificationTitle, i);
		}

		void notification(Intent intent, String notificationMessage, String notificationTitle, int id) {
			PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(thisContext, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
			NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(thisContext).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification)
					.setTicker(notificationMessage)
					.setContentTitle(notificationTitle)
					.setContentText((Html.fromHtml(notificationMessage)))
					.setContentIntent(pIntent);

			Notification notification = builder.build();
			// default phone settings for notifications
			notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;
			notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
			// cancel notification after click
			notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
			// show scrolling text on status bar when notification arrives
			notification.tickerText = notificationTitle;
			notification.icon = R.drawable.ic_notification;
			// notifiy the notification using NotificationManager
			NotificationManager notificationmanager = (NotificationManager) thisContext.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
			// this is the method which finally notifies the message on the smart mobile phones
			notificationmanager.notify(id, notification);
		}
		private final SoapSerializationEnvelope getSoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapObject request) {
			SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
					SoapEnvelope.VER11);
			envelope.dotNet = false;
			envelope.xsd = SoapSerializationEnvelope.XSD;
			envelope.enc = SoapSerializationEnvelope.ENC;
			envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);
			return envelope;
		}

		private final HttpTransportSE getHttpTransportSE() {
			HttpTransportSE ht = new HttpTransportSE("URL", 60000);
			ht.debug = true;
			ht.setXmlVersionTag("<!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding= \"UTF-8\" ?-->");
			return ht;
		}
	}
}

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package webkul.xyz.abc;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import org.ksoap2.SoapEnvelope;

import org.ksoap2.serialization.PropertyInfo;

import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapObject;

import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapSerializationEnvelope;

import org.ksoap2.transport.HttpTransportSE;

import android.app.Notification;

import android.app.NotificationManager;

import android.app.PendingIntent;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;

import android.content.Context;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.content.SharedPreferences;

import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;

import android.os.AsyncTask;

import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;

import android.text.Html;

import android.util.Log;

public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

static Context thisContext;

Object response = null, mainResponse = null;

JSONObject mainObject;

@Override

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

thisContext = context;

new Connection().execute(context);

}

private class Connection extends AsyncTask < Context, String, Object > {

private Editor editor;

@Override

protected String doInBackground(Context...arguments) {

try {

// getNotifications is API which will give the notification data

SoapObject mainRequest = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, "getNotifications");

SoapSerializationEnvelope requestEnvelop = getSoapSerializationEnvelope(mainRequest);

HttpTransportSE ht = getHttpTransportSE();

ht.call(NAMESPACE, requestEnvelop);

// some connection code which send the request to the server and get response

mainResponse = (Object) requestEnvelop.getResponse();

String mainResponseAsString = mainResponse.toString();

mainObject = new JSONObject(mainResponseAsString);

} catch (Exception e) {

Log.d("Exception", e.toString());

return "no";

}

@Override

protected void onPostExecute(Object result) {

Intent intent = new Intent(thisContext, category.class);

// this is the response which is show on the push notification.

String notificationMessage = mainObject.getString("content");

String notificationSubTitle = mainObject.getString("subTitle");

String notificationTitle = mainObject.getString("title");

notification(intent, notificationSubTitle, notificationTitle, i);

}

void notification(Intent intent, String notificationMessage, String notificationTitle, int id) {

PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(thisContext, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(thisContext).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification)

.setTicker(notificationMessage)

.setContentTitle(notificationTitle)

.setContentText((Html.fromHtml(notificationMessage)))

.setContentIntent(pIntent);

Notification notification = builder.build();

// default phone settings for notifications

notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;

notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;

// cancel notification after click

notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;

// show scrolling text on status bar when notification arrives

notification.tickerText = notificationTitle;

notification.icon = R.drawable.ic_notification;

// notifiy the notification using NotificationManager

NotificationManager notificationmanager = (NotificationManager) thisContext.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

// this is the method which finally notifies the message on the smart mobile phones

notificationmanager.notify(id, notification);

}

private final SoapSerializationEnvelope getSoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapObject request) {

SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(

SoapEnvelope.VER11);

envelope.dotNet = false;

envelope.xsd = SoapSerializationEnvelope.XSD;

envelope.enc = SoapSerializationEnvelope.ENC;

envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);

return envelope;

}

private final HttpTransportSE getHttpTransportSE() {

HttpTransportSE ht = new HttpTransportSE("URL", 60000);

ht.debug = true;

ht.setXmlVersionTag("");

return ht;

}

In above code,

BroadcastReceiver – broadcast receiver who will intercept communication and notify us that something is working in our mobile. It is of 2 types:

Normal broadcasts (sent with Context.sendBroadcast) are completely asynchronous. All receivers of the broadcast are run in an undefined order, often at the same time. This is more efficient, but means that receivers cannot use the result or abort APIs included here.
Ordered broadcasts (sent with Context.sendOrderedBroadcast) are delivered to one receiver at a time. As each receiver executes in turn, it can propagate a result to the next receiver, or it can completely abort the broadcast so that it won’t be passed to other receivers. The order receivers run in can be controlled with the android:priority attribute of the matching intent-filter; receivers with the same priority will be run in an arbitrary order.

NotificationCompat.Builder – Builder class for NotificationCompat objects. Allows easier control over all the flags, as well as help constructing the typical notification layouts.

3. Register your broadcast receiver class in AndroidManifest.xml

An application listens for specific broadcast intents by registering a broadcast receiver in AndroidManifest.xml file.

<receiver
           android:name="com.webkul.mobikul.AlarmReceiver"
           android:enabled="true"
           android:exported="true" >
</receiver>

<receiver

android:name="com.webkul.mobikul.AlarmReceiver"

android:enabled="true"

android:exported="true" >

</receiver>

Paste this xml code inside your <application> tag.

Aman Gupta 13 January 2016

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How to make push notification using our custom API in android

1. Make your pendingIntent and set alarm

2. Make your BroadcastReceiver class

3. Register your broadcast receiver class in AndroidManifest.xml

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