Push Messaging

Push Notifications are messages that pop up on mobile devices. App publishers can send them at any time; even if the recipients aren’t currently engaging with the app or using their devices.

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Before continuing, please ensure that you have added the WebEngage SDK to your app.

Android (FCM Integration)

Step 1: Add the following plugin to your Cordova project.
cordova plugin add https://github.com/WebEngage/cordova-plugin-android-fcm.git --fetch

Step 2: Save the google-services.json file in the root of your project directory.

• Follow the steps under Android FCM Documentation to get the google-services.json file from your Firebase Cloud account.

Step 3: Update FCM token on app launch.

• Send FCM token to WebEngage SDK in your wwww/js/index.js file.

var app = {
    ...
    onDeviceReady: function() {
        ...

        androidfcm.updateToken();
    }
}

• Run and test push notifications from WebEngage dashboard on your Android app.

And you're good to go!

GCM to FCM Migration

Step 1: Follow the FCM Integration steps.

Step 2: Remove the following from your config.xml file, under Android Platform tag.

<widget ... xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    ...
    <platform name="android">
        <config-file parent="/manifest/application" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
            ...

            <!-- Remove these meta-data and receiver tags -->
            <!--
            <meta-data 
                android:name="com.webengage.sdk.android.project_number" android:value="$12345678910" />

            <meta-data 
                android:name="com.webengage.sdk.android.auto_gcm_registration" 
                android:value="true" />

            <receiver 
                android:name="com.webengage.sdk.android.WebEngagePushReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
                    <category android:name="${applicationId}" />
                </intent-filter>
            </receiver>
            -->
        </config-file>
        <config-file parent="/manifest" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
            ...
            <!-- Remove these permissions -->
            <!--
            <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
            <uses-permission android:name="${applicationId}.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
            <permission android:name="${applicationId}.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
            -->
        </config-file>
    </platform>
    ...
</widget>

Making your app compatible with Android 13 push changes

From Android 13 onwards, clients will have to explicitly ask permissions from end user to send push notifications. This means, client will NOT recieve push opted in as true once the app is installed by the end user, unless the user explicitly subscribes for same.

To make sure your app is compatible with Android 13 changes, kindly follow these steps:

Step 1. Kindly refer to official Google documentation to make your application compatible with the same.

Step 2. On the basis of the permission provided by the user, pass the status to WebEngage by following the code snippet below:

webengage.user.setDevicePushOptIn(true)

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Please Note

• Pass the boolean value true or false depending on the permission the user has specified. If users denies the permission, they will not receive push alerts.

• Push permission Prompt trigger to be managed by the App.

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And you are good to go!

iOS

Step 1: Enable Push Notifications under capabilities tab in your Xcode.

Step 2: Add WEGApnsAutoRegister to info.plist with value true in config.xml file as shown below.

<widget ...>
    ...
    <platform name="ios">
        ...
        <config-file parent="WEGApnsAutoRegister" target="*-Info.plist">
            <true />
        </config-file>
    </platform>
</widget>

And you're good to go!

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