Send Your First Test Push Notification

Introduction

After configuring the Push Notifications module and building your native app it is now time to send your first test push notification.

Send the Test Notification

To send your first test notification, do the following:

1. Login to your web application.
2. Go to the push notification administration page you added earlier to your navigation.
3. Go to the Devices tab.
4. Select the your test device.
5. Click New Message (or double-click your test device).
6. Fill in any Title/Body that you want for your notification.
7. Set the Action name to Example.
8. Leave the remaining fields to the defaults.
9. Click Send.

You should now receive the notification on your device. If the application is already opened, the action will log a message (on log node ExampleNotification) and show a dialog box in the app.

If the app is not open (or running in the background) it will deliver and show the notification in the usual location for Android or iOS devices. Click on the notification to trigger the in-app action.

Congratulations, you have just sent your first push notification!

If you did not receive the message, check the application’s logs to see if the message was sent successfully. See the troubleshooting section below for solutions to the most common issues.

Troubleshoot Notification Issues