I have a Worklight hybrid app with basic push notification working in android. If the app is running and in focus when the notification is pushed, it behaves exactly as I would expect. The notification callback in my app is called, and it pops up a SimpleDialog. All Good.
If I dismiss the app by clicking on the Home Button, and a new message arrives, I see the notification in the Android notification area, and when I click on the item in the android notification list, the item gets dismissed from the list (but the app does not come back into focus) If I then launch my app from the Apps menu, it is sitting where I left it and the SimpleDialog is showing. (my notification handler was called) Mostly good, but I expected the app to come into focus when I selected the notification in the android notification list.
If I dismiss the app by clicking on the Back Button, and a new message arrives, I see the notification in the Android notification area, and when I click on the item in the android notification list, the item gets dismissed from the list (but the app does not come back into focus) If I then launch my app from the Apps menu, it launches the app fresh (I have to log in again) and my notification handler is never called. Not so good.
If I force stop the app, or turn the phone off while the notification is being sent (but leave the subscription in place), the notification never shows up on the phone. I don't see it in the Android Notification area when I restart the phone, and the notification handler in my app is never called when I launch the app. Very bad.
Is this the expected behavior?
I'm using Worklight 5.0.6.1, and I've seen this behavior on Android emulator at platform 4.2.2 and a physical phone at platform 4.1.2
EDT: Adding the code.
The adapter:
WL.Server.createEventSource({
name : "MyPushEventSource",
securityTest: "MyApp-strong-mobile-securityTest"
});
function submitNotification(userId) {
var userSubscription = WL.Server.getUserNotificationSubscription(
'MyPushNotification.MyPushEventSource', userId);
if (userSubscription == null) {
return {
result : "No subscription found for user :: " + userId
};
}
var notification = WL.Server
.createDefaultNotification("There's work to be done!", 1, {});
WL.Server.notifyAllDevices(userSubscription, notification);
return {
result : "Notification sent to user :: " + userId
};
}
and in the app:
WL.Client.Push.onReadyToSubscribe = function() {
var pushSubscribe_Success_Callback = function(response) {
WL.Logger.debug("Enter: pushSubscribe_Success_Callback");
};
var pushSubscribe_Fail_Callback = function(response) {
WL.Logger.debug("Enter: pushSubscribe_Fail_Callback");
};
var pushNotificationReceived = function(props, payload) {
WL.SimpleDialog.show("Notification", props.alert, [
{ text : "OK" }]);
};
WL.Client.Push.registerEventSourceCallback("myPush",
"MyPushNotification", "MyPushEventSource",
pushNotificationReceived);
if (!WL.Client.Push.isSubscribed("myPush")) {
WL.Client.Push.subscribe("myPush", {
onSuccess : pushSubscribe_Success_Callback,
onFailure : pushSubscribe_Fail_Callback
});
}
};
As I said, if the app is in focus, this all works without a hitch, so I know I have the Google messaging account and keys set up correctly. But for some reason I'm seeing unexpected results if the app isn't in focus when the notification is published.