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Liferay Push - Push notifications

Layman explanation of Push notifications? 
Help's our applications notify a user of new messages or events even when the user is not actively using the application.
When a device receives a push notification, the application's icon and a message appear in the status area.

Technical explanation of Push notifications? 
A technology that allows servers to broadcast messages to mobile devices. Instead of having your app poll the server for new messages every few seconds. Our mobile app need just wait for notifications from the server, even when your app is not running, the system will wake it up.
Advantages:
  • Drainage reduction of phone battery.
  • Usage reduction in monthly data plan.
We can use Liferay Push to notify users on their mobile devices whenever a new request needs to be published.

Liferay Push
Push notifications help in triggering notifications from the server which are receive on our mobile phone and displayed in the notifications center.
With Liferay Push along with the above, we can update the content on your apps or update its local database as change happens.

How it works with Liferay Push
  • Configure a Google project.
  • Download and Liferay Push from the Liferay Marketplace and install.
  • Configure Liferay Push provider with Google, Apple, or any other.
  • Test the your Liferay Push configuration.
  • Design & Develop a portlet along with the corresponding mobile phone app. 
  • Our developed mobile phone app must register the user’s device to the Liferay Portal Server.
  • Once the user’s devices are registered, our portlet or plugin can send notifications.
Note
Liferay Push supports two push notification providers: Google and Apple.
Liferay Push can be extended to support more platforms as needed.

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