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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1799

Receiving GCM Android Notifications while App is not Running

I'm confused by the GCM documentation in how to receive a notification on a client device when the app I'm developing is not running. I've tried googling and reading stackoverflow on this topic, but I haven't gotten complete clarification yet.

Do I just extend GCMBaseIntentService to receive notifications, add the service name to my manifest file, and then my service that extended GCMBaseIntentService will automatically handle notifications to my app, even when the app itself is not running? Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks!

P.S. I found a thread with a similar title, but it doesn't seem to be the same question.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2787

Answers (1)

Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar

Reputation: 82938

From doc :-

An Android application on an Android device doesn't need to be running to receive messages. The system will wake up the Android application via Intent broadcast when the message arrives, as long as the application is set up with the proper broadcast receiver and permissions.

Then what is confusion here?

Upvotes: 2

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