Android push notification from Bluemix

Question

I'm trying to write Android mobile application that interacts with Bluemix push service.

Using Bluemix node js backend I generate my push notification and broadcast it to all my registered devices.

The push notification works great but when I try to provide Additional Payload, I don't get it at the mobile side while handling the

push event. The IBMSimplePushNotification object has payload member but it's empty.

My code looks like

broadcastNotification(function(pushMessage){
  // Push Notification content
  var message = {
    alert :”Hello",
    url : "https://www.bluemix.net"
  };

  //Custom payload is passed on the options parameter
  var settings = {
    gcm : {
        //Custom Payload to deliver to Android devices
        payload : { "text" : "Hello to Android devices" }
    }
  }

   push.sendNotificationByPlatform(message, ["G"], settings).then(function(response){
     console.log('The message was sent');
   },function(err){
    console.log('Error:'+err);
   });

Any details on how to make it working will be appreciated

Answer 1

Looks like your problem is due to the "text" property containing quotes. Try removing the quotations around "text" and try again, like so:

  //Custom payload is passed on the options parameter
  var settings = {
    gcm : {
        //Custom Payload to deliver to Android devices
        payload : { text : "Hello to Android devices" }
    }
  }