Push Notifications

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Qiscus Chat SDK receives push notifications through the Qiscus Chat SDK protocol and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). It depends on usage and other conditions. Default notification is sent by Qiscus Chat SDK protocol. To enable your application to receive FCM push notifications, some setups must be performed in both the Firebase Developer Console and the Qiscus Dashboard.

You can do the following steps to setup push notifications:

  1. Setup Firebase to your Android app

  2. Get FCM Secret Key in Firebase Console

  3. Setup FCM Server key in the Qiscus Chat SDK Dashboard

  4. Register your FCM token in the Qiscus Chat SDK

  5. Handle incoming Message from Push Notification

Step 1: Setup Firebase to Your Android App

If you already have setup Firebase in your Android app, you can skip this step and go to next step which is Generate FCM Secret key. Otherwise, you can setup Firebase to your Android app by following these steps.

Step 2: Get FCM Secret Key in Firebase Console

You can get FCM Secret Key by following these steps:


  • On the top of left panel, click the gear icon on Project Overview menu. From the drop-down menu, click Project Settings.


  • Click the Cloud Messaging tab under Settings. On the Project Credentials, find and copy your Server Key.


Step 3: Setup FCM Server Key in The Qiscus Dashboard

You can set FCM Secret Key by following these steps:


  • In the FCM Secret Keys section, click _+_Add to add your FCM Secret Key,

  • Paste FCM Secret Key value and click Save changes

Step 4: Register Your FCM Token to Qiscus Chat SDK

  • First, you need to enable FCM for your application, for example:

QiscusCore.getChatConfig().setEnableFcmPushNotification(true); // default is false

  • To enable FCM in ChatConfig, you need to register FCM token to notify Qiscus Chat SDK, for example:

public class AppFirebaseInstanceIdService extends FirebaseInstanceIdService { @Override public void onTokenRefresh() { super.onTokenRefresh(); // Notify Qiscus Chat SDK about FCM token String refreshedToken = FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getToken(); QiscusCore.setFcmToken(refreshedToken); //TODO : Application part here, maybe you need to send FCM token to your Backend } }

  • Add the service to your Manifest, for example:

<service android:name=".service.AppFirebaseInstanceIdService"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT" /> </intent-filter> </service>

  • Add the service.AppFirebaseMessagingService in Manifest, for example:

<service android:name=".service.AppFirebaseMessagingService"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" /> </intent-filter> </service>

Step 5: Handle Incoming Message From Push Notification

After registering your FCM token, you will get data from FCM Qiscus Chat SDK, you can handle by using handleMessageReceived method, for example:

public class AppFirebaseMessagingService extends FirebaseMessagingService { @Override public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) { super.onMessageReceived(remoteMessage); // Qiscus will handle incoming message if (QiscusFirebaseMessagingUtil.handleMessageReceived(remoteMessage)) { return; } } }

  • Set the notification listener by calling setNotificationListener(), in order to show the notification, for example:

QiscusCore.getChatConfig() .setEnableFcmPushNotification(true) .setNotificationListener(new NotificationListener() { @Override public void onHandlePushNotification(Context context, QiscusComment qiscusComment) { // show your notification here } });


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Push NotificationsStep 1: Setup Firebase to Your Android AppStep 2: Get FCM Secret Key in Firebase ConsoleStep 3: Setup FCM Server Key in The Qiscus DashboardStep 4: Register Your FCM Token to Qiscus Chat SDKStep 5: Handle Incoming Message From Push Notification