Google Firebase
Prerequisites
Must have created a project on the Firebase console
Use the FCM API key for brainCloud
Get the FCM Server Key
Navigate your browser to the Firebase console and select your project
Click the Settings Icon -> “Project settings” in the top left nav bar
Select “Cloud Messaging” and copy the Server Key
Save the Server Key in the brainCloud Portal
Navigate to the brainCloud portal and enter this key in the Notifications | Settings for Google Play.
Enable FCM For Your App
In addition to the above steps, you will need to do the following in order for FCM to work in your app.
Get the google-services.json file
This file can be found in the Firebase dashboard, and contains most the credentials you’ll need to connect your app to Firebase.
Navigate to the General Tab in the Firebase Project Settings
Download the google-services.json file
Add the downloaded file to your app
Registering FCMNotification Token With brainCloud
After Authenticating a user with brainCloud, you will want to Register their FCMnotification token with brainCloud. Specifically, you’ll want to call the BrainCloudPushNotifications.RegisterDeviceToken() and pass in the registration id. In order to get this registration id, follow these steps.
Note that this example assumes you are working in Java on an Android device. For developers using Unity (or a Unity plugin such as GamePlayServices), follow the appropriate instructions available elsewhere.
A starting example project can be found here: https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-android/tree/master/messaging
Use the FirebaseInstanceId to get the token
Pass that token into the brainCloud Push Notification Service
FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getInstanceId()
.addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<InstanceIdResult>() {
@Override
public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<InstanceIdResult> task) {
if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
Log.w(TAG, "getInstanceId failed", task.getException());
return;
}
// Get new Instance ID token
String token = task.getResult().getToken();
_bc.GetWrapper().getPushNotificationService().registerPushNotificationToken(Platform.GooglePlayAndroid, token, theCallback);
}
});Note: once a user device is registered to brainClound from your app, you can check it from User Monitoring | User Summary page.
Setup – iOS Development Center
Prerequisites
Must have an iOS developer account
In order to configure brainCloud to send notifications to your iOS app, you will need to provide a p12 certificate file. Follow these steps to create a p12 file for your app.
brainCloud Portal Configuration
Log into the brainCloud portal
Navigate to “Notifications | Settings” in the design tab for your app
Click on the edit button for the Apple notification settings
Upload your p12 file and enter the password that was used to create the p12 file into the dialog
Notice that once you’ve done that, the type of certificate shows up (production/sandbox) as well as the expiry date