I am using the Google cloud messaging service to send push notification to my android app.
Now I would be interested in sending a deep link in the push notifications, so that when the user presses on the push, it takes him directly to a section within the app
Is it possible to do this, or will I definitely have to use payment services where they offer the deep link?
Of course it can be achieved, obviously you would have to add another data in the notification, for example "deepUrl" that could contain the name of the section, a url:
http://www.marcos.com/nacional
or a custom scheme:
seccion://nacional
Based on that, when you receive your notification in onHandleIntent() , open your section.
@Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent){
GoogleCloudMessaging gcm = GoogleCloudMessaging.getInstance(this);
String messageType = gcm.getMessageType(intent);
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if (!extras.isEmpty()){
if (GoogleCloudMessaging.MESSAGE_TYPE_MESSAGE.equals(messageType)){
String titulo = extras.getString("titulo");
String descripcion = extras.getString("descripcion");
String imagen = extras.getString("img");
String deepUrl = extras.getString("deepUrl");
abreSeccion(deepUrl);
}else{
Log.w(TAG, "Tipo de notificación desconocido.");
}
}
GCMBroadcastReceiver.completeWakefulIntent(intent);
}