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Working with push notifications

 

1.Firebase platform from Google is used to send push notifications in Android Virola client app

2.APNs (Apple Push Notification service) platform is used to send push notifications in iOS Virola client app

 

Below is the detailed scheme of using push notifications in Virola:

 

 

The following scheme shows how Virola works without push notifications enabled:

 

 

What to do if push notifications do not work on mobile devices

 

To send notifications your server should have access through HTTPs protocol to the following resources:

 

•https://fcm.googleapis.com/v1/projects/virola-messenger/messages:send for Android

•https://api.push.apple.com for iOS

•https://virola.io/pushtoken/api/v1/push_tokens push token

 

You need to allow them in your Firewall. If you configure Virola server to work within your local infrastructure, then to have push notifications working, you need to allow the links above to access the Internet.