Is it possible to send push notifications to Android without building any application?

I don't want to build an application for my web site. However, I want to send push notifications to Android devices. Is this possible?

Upvotes: 9

Answers (5)

Reputation: 8963

When I have asked this question it wasn't possible. But later Web Notifications have appeared. You can receive a web notification from a web browser. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/notification

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 1117

It depends on your requirements. You can use third-party service like Pushed (https://pushed.co/) or Spontit (https://spontit.com, https://api.spontit.com).

Or you can setup the website as a Chrome-app on the phone and then you'll be able to send notifications through Chrome.

In both scenarious you'll need to advise your users to install the app on the phone which will subscribe to notifications.

Upvotes: 5

Reputation: 181

Physical web is the answer to that. With Eddystone-URL, it is possible to send notifications to phone without app.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 81

The answer to the question is simply NO, you need to register an app to google C2DM server, to be able to send push notification to this device.

Upvotes: 8

Reputation: 397

you need REGISTRATION_KEY of particular android device for send push notification to android phone.

Upvotes: 2