Customize Android SDK

Make sure you've integrated Pushwoosh Android SDK into your project:
​Firebase Integration​
​Baidu Integration​
​Amazon Integration​
​In App Purchase Tracking​
​Deep Linking​
​Geozones push notifications​
​Using Local Notifications​
​Using Badge Number​
​Opening custom activity​
​Controlling log level​
​Using Proguard​
​Customizing notifications open behavior​
​Customizing push notifications​
​Customizing group summary​
​Private endpoint URL​
​Creating a Rich Media queue​
​Custom sound push​
​Complete list of Android SDK Feature Flags​
In App Purchase tracking
In order to track in-app purchases, you should call the sendInappPurchase method of the Pushwoosh class when a user buys a product:
public void sendInappPurchase(java.lang.String sku,
                              java.math.BigDecimal price,
                              java.lang.String currency)
sku – purchased product ID
price – price of the product
currency – currency of the price (ex: “USD”)
Example
Pushwoosh.getInstance().sendInappPurchase("com.example.inapp1", new BigDecimal(1.99), "USD");
Deep linking
In your activity that will handle the deep link, add <data> tag with the scheme, host, and pathPrefix parameters.
<activity
          android:name=".PromoActivity"
          android:label="PromoActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
​
        <data android:scheme="com.pushwoosh"
          android:host="promotion"
          android:pathPrefix="" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>
Deep link page name (promotion in the example given) goes to the host field, not pathPrefix.
In the example above, the deep link will open PromoActivity. The basic implementation below displays alert with promo id value for the sake of simplicity. In your application it could definitely do something useful!
public class PromoActivity extends Activity
{
		@Override
		protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
		{
				super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
​
				setContentView(R.layout.deep_link);
				setTitle("Deep link activity");
		
				Intent intent = getIntent();
	  	  String action = intent.getAction();
	    	Uri data = intent.getData();
	    
		    if (TextUtils.equals(action, Intent.ACTION_VIEW))
		    {
	  		  	openUrl(data);
		    }
		}
	
		private void openUrl(Uri uri) 
		{
				String promoId = uri.getQueryParameter("id");
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), promoId, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
		}
}
Geozones push notification
To use geozone pushes, simply add com.pushwoosh:pushwoosh-location library and call
PushwooshLocation.startLocationTracking();
It is recommended to check dynamic permissions android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION and android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION before invoking this method.
Using Local Notifications with Pushwoosh
If you use Pushwoosh Local Notifications API, add RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission to your AndroidManifest.xml:
AndroidManifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>x
Using badge number on Android
Pushwoosh supports setting badge number on the app icon shortcut for the following Android launchers:
Sony, Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, ASUS, ADW, APEX, NOVA, HUAWEI, ZUK, OPPO.
To use this functionality, simply add com.pushwoosh:pushwoosh-badge library to your application.
Opening custom activity
If you want to start a particular activity in response to push notifications, add the following intent-filter to that activity:
AndroidManifest.xml
<activity android:name="YourActivity">
    <intent-filter><meta-data android:name="com.pushwoosh.log_level" android:value="ERROR" />
        <action android:name="${applicationId}.MESSAGE"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
    </intent-filter>
</activity>
Controlling Log Level
In order to assist with debugging and integration, SDK will print all the requests to the console by default. When you are ready for the production build, add com.pushwoosh.log_level meta-data with value "ERROR" to the AndroidManifest.xml. This way only information about errors will go to the console. Other option could be one of the following:
NONE - No logs from the SDK
ERROR - Display only errors in the console
WARN - Display also a warnings
INFO - Display informational messages
DEBUG - Even debug information is displayed now
NOISE - Everything SDK can print and more
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data android:name="com.pushwoosh.log_level" android:value="ERROR" />
Using Proguard
When using Proguard, add the following options:
proguard-rules.pro
-keep class com.pushwoosh.** { *; }
-dontwarn com.pushwoosh.**
See Google Play Services library requirements regarding Proguard here:
https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup​
Customising Notification open behaviour
If you need to programmatically select which activity to display as a result of push notification, you can create custom NotificationServiceExtension and include fully qualified class name of your NotificationServiceExtension in metadata under com.pushwoosh.notification_service_extension value.
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data
    android:name="com.pushwoosh.notification_service_extension"
    android:value="com.your.package.YourNotificationServiceExtension" / >
YourNotificationServiceExtension.java
public class YourNotificationServiceExtension extends NotificationServiceExtension {
    @Override
    protected void startActivityForPushMessage(PushMessage message) {
      // super.startActivityForPushMessage() starts default launcher activity 
      // or activity marked with ${applicationId}.MESSAGE action.
      // Simply do not call it to override this behaviour.
        // super.startActivityForPushMessage(message);
​
        // start your activity instead:
        Intent launchIntent  = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), YourActivity.class);             
        launchIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED);
 
        // (Optional) pass notification data to Activity
        launchIntent.putExtra(Pushwoosh.PUSH_RECEIVE_EVENT, message.toJson().toString());
 
        context.startActivity(launchIntent);
    }
}
Important
If you use proguard in production builds, make sure your custom NotificationServiceExtension is not obfuscated ( by adding -keep class rule), otherwise it will lead to ClassNotFoundException.
Customizing push notifications
To customize the view of push notifications, you need to create a custom Factory, you can create custom NotificationFactory and include fully qualified class name of your NotificationFactory in metadata under com.pushwoosh.notification_factory value.
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data
    android:name="com.pushwoosh.notification_factory"
    android:value="com.your.package.YourNotificationFactory" / >
YourNotificationFactory
public class YourNotificationFactory extends PushwooshNotificationFactory {
	@Override
	public Notification onGenerateNotification(@NonNull PushMessage pushMessage) {
		if (customNotification) {
       // TODO: generate and return custom notification
    }
    
    // return default Pushwoosh notification
		return super.onGenerateNotification(pushMessage);
	}
}
Customizing group summary
To customize the appearance of a group summary, create a custom Factory. You can create custom SummaryNotificationFactory and include fully qualified class name of your SummaryNotificationFactory in metadata under com.pushwoosh.summary_notification_factory value.
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data
    android:name="com.pushwoosh.summary_notification_factory"
    android:value="com.your.package.YourSummaryNotificationFactory" />
YourSummaryNotificationFactory
public class YourSummaryNotificationFactory extends PushwooshSummaryNotificationFactory {
    @Override
    public String summaryNotificationMessage(int notificationsAmount) {
	      // return the message you want
        return super.summaryNotificationMessage(notificationsAmount);
    }
    @Override
    public int summaryNotificationIconResId() {
	      // return the icon resource id you want
        return super.summaryNotificationIconResId();
    }
}
Private endpoint URL
For Private Offering subscriptions only. 
Pushwoosh provides Private endpoints for customers with Private Offering subscriptions. To set up Private endpoint for Android SDK, you need to add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml file:
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data android:name="com.pushwoosh.base_url" android:value="PUSHWOOSH_PRIVATE_ENDPOINT_URL_PROVIDED" />
Creating a Rich Media queue
In case there are several Rich Media pages to display simultaneously (for example, trigger events for two or more In-Apps take place at one moment, or a Rich Media page is being displayed already at the moment a different trigger event occurs), you can set up a queue for Rich Media pages displaying. To create a queue, add the following code to your project: 
Application.java
package com.pushwoosh.testingapp;
​
import com.pushwoosh.RichMediaManager;
import com.pushwoosh.exception.PushwooshException;
import com.pushwoosh.richmedia.RichMediaPresentingDelegate;
import com.pushwoosh.richmedia.RichMedia;
import com.pushwoosh.internal.utils.PWLog;
​
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
​
public class DefaultRichMediaPresentingDelegate implements RichMediaPresentingDelegate {
    private final String TAG = DefaultRichMediaPresentingDelegate.class.getSimpleName();
    private ArrayDeque<RichMedia> richMediaQueue = new ArrayDeque<>();
    private RichMedia currentRichMedia = null;
    private ReentrantLock reentrantLock;
​
    public DefaultRichMediaPresentingDelegate() {
        PWLog.noise(TAG, "new DefaultRichMediaPresentingDelegate:" + this);
        reentrantLock = new ReentrantLock();
    }
​
    @Override
    public boolean shouldPresent(RichMedia richMedia) {
        PWLog.noise(TAG, "shouldPresent:" + richMedia);
        if (currentRichMedia == null) {
            PWLog.noise(TAG, "currentRichMedia is null");
        }
        if (richMedia.isLockScreen()) {
            PWLog.noise(TAG, "isLockScreen is true");
            return true;
        }
        try {
            reentrantLock.lock();
            if (currentRichMedia == null) {
                PWLog.noise(TAG, "show:" + richMedia);
                currentRichMedia = richMedia;
                return true;
            } else {
                PWLog.noise(TAG, "add to queue:" + richMedia);
                richMediaQueue.add(richMedia);
                return false;
            }
        } finally {
            reentrantLock.unlock();
        }
    }
​
    @Override
    public void onPresent(RichMedia richMedia) {
        PWLog.noise(TAG, "onPresent" + richMedia);
    }
​
    @Override
    public void onError(RichMedia richMedia, PushwooshException pushwooshException) {
        PWLog.error(TAG, pushwooshException + " richMedia:"+richMedia.toString());
        tryShowNextRichMediaThreadSafety();
    }
​
    @Override
    public void onClose(RichMedia richMedia) {
        PWLog.noise(TAG, "onClose:" + richMedia);
        tryShowNextRichMediaThreadSafety();
    }
​
    private void tryShowNextRichMediaThreadSafety() {
        try {
            reentrantLock.lock();
            tryShowNextRichMedia();
        } finally {
            reentrantLock.unlock();
        }
    }
​
    private void tryShowNextRichMedia() {
        if (!richMediaQueue.isEmpty()) {
			currentRichMedia = richMediaQueue.poll();
			PWLog.noise(TAG, "try manual show:" + currentRichMedia);
			RichMediaManager.present(currentRichMedia);
		} else {
			PWLog.noise(TAG, "richMediaQueue is empty");
			currentRichMedia = null;
		}
    }
}
We strongly recommend to set up a queue in Application instead of Activity. Otherwise, it may create several queues.
Custom sound push
Available for Android 8+ devices. 
1.Put your audio file in the proper folder. For the native Android framework, your files should be placed in the /app/src/main/res/raw folder. 
Please refer to the corresponding guides to find where to place the audio file in projects built in other frameworks. 
2. Create a Notification Channel. 
3. Select a sound while configuring a push message. 
4. Set the Notification Channel the message will belong to. To do so, specify the following in the “Android root params” field:{"pw_channel": "PUSH NOTIFICATION CHANNEL NAME"} // here you need to specify the name for your channel with custom sound
In case of using remote API, set the parameters as follows within your /createMessage API request:
"android_root_params": {"pw_channel": "push"} // here you need to specify the name for your channel with custom sound, for example, "push" for the notifications with push.wav sound. 
"android_sound": "push" // here you should specify the file name without extension
Once you send the push with those params specified, the Notification Channel with the selected sound is created for all devices with Android 8+. 
Now, to send the push with a custom sound, you have to specify only the channel associated with that sound.
Proguard rules for custom notification sounds
If your app uses proguard for code and resource shrinking, it is important to keep your sound files intact and available for external libraries. If you use minifyEnabled = true property to your build.gradle, add the following rules to your proguard-rules.pro:
-keep public class your.package.name.R$raw {
 *;
}
If you shrink resources of your app on top of code shrinking by using shrinkResources=true property, you should additionally specify what resources you want to keep. To do that, create a new XML file with any name, save it somewhere in your project (for example, in res/xml), and specify the resource names under the tools:keep parameter in the resources tag:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 tools:keep="@raw/*"
/>
Complete list of Android SDK meta-data flags
To set up a flag, you need to add the meta-data block to your AndroidManifest.xml file inside the application tag. For example, if you want to set the Pushwoosh application ID, add the following code to your AndroidManifest.xml file:
AndroidManifest.xml
<meta-data
    android:name="com.pushwoosh.appid"
    android:value="XXXXX-XXXXX" />
Flag
Description
Possible values
com.pushwoosh.appid
Sets the Pushwoosh application ID.
XXXXX-XXXXX
com.pushwoosh.senderid
Sets the Firebase project sender ID.
123456789000
com.pushwoosh.log_level
Sets logging level. For details, refer to Controlling Log Level. 
NONE / ERROR / WARN / INFO / DEBUG (default) / NOISE
com.pushwoosh.base_url
Overrides the Pushwoosh server base url.
​https://cp.pushwoosh.com/json/1.3/ (default)
com.pushwoosh.notification_service_extension
Custom NotificationServiceExtension. For details, refer to Customising Notification Open Behavior.  
com.myapp.MyNotificationServiceExtension
com.pushwoosh.notification_factory
Custom NotificationFactory.
For details, refer to Customizing Push Notifications. 
com.myapp.MyNotificationFactory
com.pushwoosh.summary_notification_factory
Custom SummaryNotificationFactory.
com.myapp.MySummaryNotificationFactory
com.pushwoosh.multi_notification_mode
If true, notification will be grouped. If false, the last received notification will be displayed only.
true / false (default)
com.pushwoosh.allow_server_communication
If true, the SDK is allowed to send network requests to Pushwoosh servers.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.handle_notifications_using_workmanager
If true, the WorkManager is set to handle notifications.
true / false (default)
com.pushwoosh.notification_icon
Custom notification (small) icon resource name. If null, default application icon will be used. 
res/drawable-xxhdpi-v11/notification_small_icon.png / null
com.pushwoosh.notification_icon_color
Notification (small) icon background color.
#FFFFFF
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_device_data
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device data to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_device_os_version
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device OS version to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_device_root_access
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device root access to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_device_locale
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device locale to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_device_model
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device model to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_connection_type
If true, the SDK is allowed to collect and to send device connection type to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.allow_collecting_sim_operator
If true, the SDK to collect and to send device sim operator to Pushwoosh.
true (default) / false
com.pushwoosh.in_app_business_solutions_capping
Limits the number of times the push-unregister In-App can be shown in a day.
1 (default), 2, ..., n
com.pushwoosh.start_foreground_service
If true, Foreground Service is launched along with the PushwooshLocation.startLocationTracking() call
true / false (default)
com.pushwoosh.foreground_service_notification_text
Sets the text of a notification created when the Foreground Service is launched for the “com.pushwoosh.start_foreground_service” key.
Work in progress (default)
com.pushwoosh.foreground_service_notification_channel_name
Sets the channel name for the notification created when the Foreground Service is launched for the “com.pushwoosh.start_foreground_service” key. 
Foreground service (default)
com.pushwoosh.trusted_package_names
Allows sharing Pushwoosh HWID with specified package
"com.mycompany.myapp1, com.mycompany.myapp2"
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Customizing Android SDK

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In App Purchase tracking

Deep linking

Geozones push notification

Using Local Notifications with Pushwoosh

Using badge number on Android

Opening custom activity

Controlling Log Level

Using Proguard

Customising Notification open behaviour

Customizing push notifications

Customizing group summary

Private endpoint URL

Creating a Rich Media queue

Custom sound push

Complete list of Android SDK meta-data flags

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