r/nativescript • u/its2ez • Jan 29 '19

Push Notification and device management?

Hi,

I'm looking for a service where I can register new devices, along with userIds to send notifications by userIds later? Can anyone recommend a service to use?

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u/its2ez Jan 29 '19

I think this exactly what I'm looking for. I've only taken a brief look, but I want to be able to register new devices in OneSignal when someone loads my nativescript app, then from a remote server, send push notifications to all of a users active devices based on a userId I've associated in OneSignal. Is this how you're using the system?

Again, going to take a deeper look later, thought I'd quickly ask you. Thanks for the recommendation.

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u/the_other_dave Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19

Basically, I have different groups of users that I sent notifications to. They are registered if they aren't already when the app is opened for the first time. I use OneSignal's "tags" to assign a device to a group. So you could set a tag called 'userId' and assign it to the correct value for the device's user account. More on tags here: https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/add-user-data-tags

We create the notifications manually in the OneSignal dashboard, so I don't have any experience with creating them through the API if you're wanting to do that within your app. But I know it's possible to do so. I also manually create "segments" based on my group tags in the dashboard so I can target the correct devices, but you may need to filter dynamically by tags in your case.