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Enable your app for push notifications - Urban Airship

Enable your app for Apple Push notifications

  • You will need to create an Urban Airship account for App Studio to send push notifications from. Please set one up at Urban Airship. See Setup Urban Airship account
  • You will need to enable your app for push notifications:
    1. To do this use developer.apple.com to 'configure' your app id (you must be using an Apple Mac machine)
    2. Check the box next to 'Enable for Apple Push Notification service'
    3. Click 'Configure' next to 'Development Push SSL Certificate' and follow the wizard
    4. At step 1: Download, click 'Download' and save the .cer file safely for use later
    5. Repeat steps 3-4 for the 'Production Push SSL Certificate'
    6. Next, double-click the first .cer file to see it opened in Keychain
    7. Right-click on the certificate in Keychain and choose 'Export' - save the .p12 file as a suitably named file e.g. myapp-dev.p12. Set a password if required and keep a note of this.
    8. Repeat this for the second certificate
    9. Keep the .p12 files safe for use in Urban Airship

Enable your app for Android Push notifications - FCM setup

  • Sign into Firebase using your Google account.. (https://console.firebase.google.com)
  • Create a Firebase project (https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/learn-more?authuser=0) 
    1. Click on 'Add Project'
    2. Give name of the project, set analytics preference click create project
    3. In the center of the Firebase console's project overview page, click the 'Add App'
    4. Click android icon to launch the setup workflow.
    5. Enter package name of app and give nick name.
    6. Download google-service.json file created and save this to upload to 'Push Notification' tab of Android build form on my.appstudio.net
    7. Click Register app.
    8. From 'Settings' icon next to Project Overview and click 'Project settings.
    9. Go to Cloud Messaging section.
    10. Copy Server key and add this to your Urban Airship Android channel settings.
    11. Copy Channel ID and add this to 'Push Notification' tab of Android build form on my.appstudio.net.
    12. Also, you need to upload notification icons. Different devices require different size icons so please supply all requested icons. Notification icons must be created with white pixels on a transparent backdrop.
    13. Enter background color for notification icon and save changes.
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