Sending iOS Push Notifications with Codeless

sean-marraffa · January 31, 2018, 5:33pm

Two questions actually.

First question, how can I send a sound with my iOS Push Notification when using codeless? There doesn’t seem to be an option to put a sound file.

Secondly, how can I send a iOS push notification to just one user also using codeless? The only thing i can currently think of is to have each person in their own channel.

vladimir-upirov · February 1, 2018, 9:29am

Hi, Sean

yeah, currently the codeless block for sending Push Notifications supports only minimal options, but I can propose you a workaround for it:

create a API Service “PushNotification” which will accept any options
add a single method for sending pushes
and use the service/method in your Codeless logic

the service’s code:


'use strict';


class PushNotification {


  /**
   *
   * @param {String} channel
   * @param {String} message
   * @param {Object} publishOptions
   * @param {Object} deliveryOptions
   * @returns {Object}
   **/
  send(channel, message, publishOptions, deliveryOptions) {
    publishOptions = publishOptions ? new Backendless.PublishOptions(publishOptions) : null
    deliveryOptions = deliveryOptions ? new Backendless.DeliveryOptions(deliveryOptions) : null


    return Backendless.Messaging.publish(channel, message, publishOptions, deliveryOptions)
  }


}


Backendless.ServerCode.addService(PushNotification)

http://support.backendless.com/public/attachments/08146df2b49b27b4483fb443b4ec0656.png</img>

see all the available Push Notification Headers here https://backendless.com/docs/js/doc.html#headers

Regards, Vlad