How to send actions with Firebase push notifications?

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How to send actions with Firebase push notifications?

Stesvis 1,041

I am implementing push notifications in my app, using these packages:

Mobile: FirebasePushNotificationPlugin
Backend: Firebase Admin

What I don't understand, and I can't figure out, is how to display push notifications with actions.
For example, this is what I mean:

If I can learn how to send a notification with action(s), then I can handle the events with the FirebasePushNotificationPlugin in this way:

   // Push message action tapped event  
   CrossFirebasePushNotification.Current.OnNotificationAction += Current_OnNotificationAction;  
     
   private void Current_OnNotificationAction(object source, FirebasePushNotificationResponseEventArgs e)  
   {  
   	if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.Identifier))  
   	{  
   		System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"ActionId: {e.Identifier}");  
   		foreach (var data in e.Data)  
   		{  
   			System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"{data.Key} : {data.Value}");  
   		}  
   	}  
   }

Does anybody have experience with Firebase Admin or with sending action? Thanks!

Anonymous

2021-08-17T06:48:13.737+00:00

Please refer to this thread to setup Firebase Admin, https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup/. Note: if you have project in the firebase console, you need to generate a new private key in the project settings like this screenshot. After that, you can send message by code with Firebase Admin:https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/send-message
Stesvis 1,041 Reputation points

2021-08-17T15:26:23.777+00:00

Thanks @Anonymous but I am already able to send notifications with Firebase Admin.
What I don't understand is how to get my notification badge to display buttons. Right now i can only display title and message but no buttons.

Stesvis 1,041

@Anonymous for example:

Android - MainApplication.cs (same code in iOS):

   FirebasePushNotificationManager.Initialize(this, new NotificationUserCategory[]  
   {  
   	new NotificationUserCategory("test", new List<NotificationUserAction>  
   	{  
   		new NotificationUserAction("test", "Click me"),  
   	})  
   }, true);

Backend - FirebaseAdmin:

   var message = new MulticastMessage()  
   {  
   	Tokens = devicesList,  
   	Notification = new Notification()  
   	{  
   		Title = "My Title",  
   		Body = "My message"  
   	},  
   	Data = new Dictionary<string, string>(myCustomData),  
   	Apns = new ApnsConfig { Aps = new Aps { ContentAvailable = true, Sound = "default", Category = "test" } },  
   	Android = new AndroidConfig { Notification = new AndroidNotification { ClickAction = "test" } }  
   };

So by providing a Category in Aps I can get the button to show in iOS.
For Android, I've read that the equivalent is ClickAction, but it actually doesn't work because I still can't see the button...

Anonymous

2021-08-18T09:19:58.047+00:00

I notice this doc:https://github.com/CrossGeeks/FirebasePushNotificationPlugin/blob/master/docs/NotificationActions.md#initialize-using-a-user-category-notifications demo code put the code to Application class OnCreate method, this application class is related to the MainActivity.cs, and please add NotificationActionType.Foreground to make a test.

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Anonymous

2021-08-17T06:48:13.737+00:00

Please refer to this thread to setup Firebase Admin, https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup/. Note: if you have project in the firebase console, you need to generate a new private key in the project settings like this screenshot. After that, you can send message by code with Firebase Admin:https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/send-message
Stesvis 1,041 Reputation points

2021-08-17T15:26:23.777+00:00

Thanks @Anonymous but I am already able to send notifications with Firebase Admin.
What I don't understand is how to get my notification badge to display buttons. Right now i can only display title and message but no buttons.
Stesvis 1,041 Reputation points

2021-08-17T15:37:26.127+00:00

@Anonymous for example:

Android - MainApplication.cs (same code in iOS):

FirebasePushNotificationManager.Initialize(this, new NotificationUserCategory[] { new NotificationUserCategory("test", new List<NotificationUserAction> { new NotificationUserAction("test", "Click me"), }) }, true);

Backend - FirebaseAdmin:

var message = new MulticastMessage() { Tokens = devicesList, Notification = new Notification() { Title = "My Title", Body = "My message" }, Data = new Dictionary<string, string>(myCustomData), Apns = new ApnsConfig { Aps = new Aps { ContentAvailable = true, Sound = "default", Category = "test" } }, Android = new AndroidConfig { Notification = new AndroidNotification { ClickAction = "test" } } };

So by providing a Category in Aps I can get the button to show in iOS.
For Android, I've read that the equivalent is ClickAction, but it actually doesn't work because I still can't see the button...
Anonymous

2021-08-18T09:19:58.047+00:00

I notice this doc:https://github.com/CrossGeeks/FirebasePushNotificationPlugin/blob/master/docs/NotificationActions.md#initialize-using-a-user-category-notifications demo code put the code to Application class OnCreate method, this application class is related to the MainActivity.cs, and please add NotificationActionType.Foreground to make a test.

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Thanks @Anonymous yes that's where i got my snippets from too but i couldn't get it to work when I send the payloads with FirebaseAdmin.
But i think i resolved it finally.

These are the expected payloads:

And with FirebaseAdmin I was sending the data field and the notification field together in the same payload because i had some iOS and some android devices in the list.
I learned that if i do that it creates a conflict (even tho the notifications are received).

The solution is to send two different payloads, one to only iOS devices and one to only android devices and everything works and the buttons show up.

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