Right way to capture push notifications when the application is open in Android

Question

This is the first time I am integrating notifications into my application. I am using Firebase. Setup was extremely simple and I am able to view the notification in the tray.

So, when the application is open, and if it receives a notification. I would like to display the notification in the activity itself.

How should I go about this?

Ekalips · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-23T10:58:02.353

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You can look at Gmail approach. If there is new mail in current thread, they show SnackBar with notification.

You need to determinate connected parts of your app. And if notification connected to part where current user is - show SnackBar, and if there is something completely different - show heads-up notification.

Guide how to do Heads-Up notifications here

Guide how to do SnackBar notifications here

edited Jan 23 '17 at 10:58

answered Jan 23 '17 at 10:55

Ekalips

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Yes, I had the same thing in mind. I was wondering how to I notify the activity that a notification has come in – Prakash Raman Jan 23 '17 at 10:57
To notify activity use something like LocalBroadcastManager. Better to use something like [EventBus](https://github.com/greenrobot/EventBus) – Ekalips Jan 23 '17 at 10:59
Thanks - looking at LocalBroadcastManager and EventBus. Seems like just what I wanted – Prakash Raman Jan 23 '17 at 11:02
This is perfect! And EventBus was just perfect! Took me less than 2 minutes :) Thanks so much! – Prakash Raman Jan 23 '17 at 11:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '17 at 10:55

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Have you ever tried Pushbots , its an infra- Structure for Notifications , it has more interesting Features than Firebase. Give it a shot.

Pushbots link

answered Jan 23 '17 at 10:55

Lutaaya Huzaifah Idris

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Thanks, shall take a look. – Prakash Raman Jan 23 '17 at 10:56

Right way to capture push notifications when the application is open in Android

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