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Push Notifications

Project page: Push Notifications on Drupal.org.

Push Notifications Overview

The Push Notifications module provides the feature set to send out push notifications to iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android devices using Apple's Push Notification Service (APNS) as well as Google's Android Cloud to Device Messaging framework (C2DM) and/or Google's Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM). This module does not rely on any external services and allows site owners to send out push notifications to any mobile device for free.

Push Notification Settings

Navigate to /admin/config/services/push_notifications/configure to configure the push notification settings for APNS, GCM or C2DM.

Mass-Push notification

Navigate to admin/config/services/push_notifications/message. On this page, you can compose a push notification to send out to all registered recipients. Enter your message, select the recipient groups (iOS, Android or both) and click on "Send Push Message".

Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)

APNS Certificates

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

GCM requires you to create an API key. See http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html for further instructions.

REST Interface

Mobile apps can register the device by calling the REST interface provided by the Services module. Don't forget to enable the Push

Rules Integration

The Push Notifications module integrates with the Rules module. The module implements 2 actions and 8 events you can implement in your

Views Integration

The Push Notifications module integrates with the Views module.

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