Customize Android SDK

Customize Pushwoosh Android SDK to meet your goals and preferences

Make sure you've integrated Pushwoosh Android SDK into your project:

• Firebase Integration

• Baidu Integration

• Amazon Integration

• Deep Linking

• In-app purchase tracking

• 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

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();
		}
}

In-app purchase tracking

If you want to track in-app purchases in Customer Journeys, configure sending purchase information to Pushwoosh by calling this method:

Pushwoosh.getInstance().sendInappPurchase(@NonNull String sku, @NonNull BigDecimal price, @NonNull String currency);

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 Custom Plan subscriptions only. For more details, please contact our Sales team.

Pushwoosh provides Private endpoints for customers with Custom Plan 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.

Each postEvent method call only allows one In-App to be displayed, and each Push can only be associated with one Rich Media. If you want to show multiple In-Apps, call the postEvent method the required number of times.

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_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.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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