Hi, is it possible to suggest approximately terms of introduction of Adnroid push notifications ?
It`s very very important for our multiplatform game project. [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 329032[/import]
Carlos ? [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 119607[/import]
Carlos aint around mate - he left months ago.
As to Android Push - who knows? I’m hoping Corona get that updated Roadmap into action soon. [import]uid: 33275 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 119611[/import]
Carlos ? [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 119607[/import]
Carlos aint around mate - he left months ago.
As to Android Push - who knows? I’m hoping Corona get that updated Roadmap into action soon. [import]uid: 33275 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 119611[/import]
Hello, dear ansca development team, please advice on android push notifications, may be it is can be made by “android service” function described here ?
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html
Opposite the push nitifications it works without any sertificates and not throw google, but it is works, and may be it is easy to implement in corona sdk ? [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124176[/import]
Hi,
Push notifications now become critical to make casual/social game like Draw Something work.
Currently, it’s impossible to develop such a game with Corona SDK because of this missing feature for Android.
It should be prioritized ASAP (and yes, it is technically feasible) or more and more developers will have to rule out using Corona for such projects. [import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124516[/import]
>>>>Currently, it’s impossible to develop such a game with Corona SDK because of this missing feature for Android.
What do you think about creating a database on your server with one table for every user.
When the user will open his game/app it will connect to databse and search his table to see if there are some new notification. The same could be during the game.
How slow it will be ? [import]uid: 138389 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124530[/import]
@vovasoft : emm, actually no. The primary goal of push notifications is that they must work when the app is closed (and potentially not even running in the background).
Google now provides a way to send push notifications to Android phones, even if the app is not running, like what happens in iOS.
Now Corona needs to implement support for that in their SDK.
[import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124551[/import]
There is a good solution - “android services”, it is another than push but it works like independent process which can fork the main program on some events, for example it can connect with server every minute and check if there are new notifications.
Description here http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124555[/import]
@d8: Thanks. But that would require the app to be still running in the background, right?
[import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124557[/import]
no, and it is only android`s feature [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124559[/import]
Ok, so how do I do this with Corona SDK ?
[import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124560[/import]
@d8,
>>>no, and it is only android`s feature
I don’t think that they will implement this on Android if there is no iOS counterpart.
I asked the ability to get the path of sdcard on Android (it is one line of code !!!) and they said that this feauture will not be added because there is no iOS counterpart.
[import]uid: 138389 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124568[/import]
Hello, dear ansca development team, please advice on android push notifications, may be it is can be made by “android service” function described here ?
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html
Opposite the push nitifications it works without any sertificates and not throw google, but it is works, and may be it is easy to implement in corona sdk ? [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124176[/import]
So that brings us back to the initial topic of this thread:
Corona SDK needs to add support for the push notifications feature of Android (this feature exists and is provided by Google, but not yet supported by Corona).
It is needed for a whole class of games (social games like Draw Something, Words With Friends, SongPop, etc.) that rely heavily on offline notifications.
[import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124588[/import]
Hi,
Push notifications now become critical to make casual/social game like Draw Something work.
Currently, it’s impossible to develop such a game with Corona SDK because of this missing feature for Android.
It should be prioritized ASAP (and yes, it is technically feasible) or more and more developers will have to rule out using Corona for such projects. [import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124516[/import]
>>>>Currently, it’s impossible to develop such a game with Corona SDK because of this missing feature for Android.
What do you think about creating a database on your server with one table for every user.
When the user will open his game/app it will connect to databse and search his table to see if there are some new notification. The same could be during the game.
How slow it will be ? [import]uid: 138389 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124530[/import]
@vovasoft : emm, actually no. The primary goal of push notifications is that they must work when the app is closed (and potentially not even running in the background).
Google now provides a way to send push notifications to Android phones, even if the app is not running, like what happens in iOS.
Now Corona needs to implement support for that in their SDK.
[import]uid: 108616 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124551[/import]
There is a good solution - “android services”, it is another than push but it works like independent process which can fork the main program on some events, for example it can connect with server every minute and check if there are new notifications.
Description here http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html [import]uid: 86585 topic_id: 29032 reply_id: 124555[/import]