Android Silent Push

Question

I am new to android and I'm playing around trying some features here and there. I wanted to know what is the way to use silent push - meaning get a push notification on the device without any alarm, notification or vibration - i.e. without the user to be aware of it. If someone have a tutorial he can refer me to I'll be more than gratefull.

Codd

The notification will popup only as long as the title and message fields are present in your payload. Otherwise, the notification will be completely silent, it took me a while to realize this. – Homoousian

Answer 1

The default push in Android (Google Cloud Messaging for Android) is a silent push. You actually have to write code in order for the push notification to generate a notification, sound or any other effect noticeable by the user.

Read the GCM Guide.

Mcnary

the document is deprecated – Soda