Please add support for WNS notifications

[ThumbGen]

Is the WNS support planned? Would be amazing to be able to connect to the Azure Notification Hub and receive the Windows notifs.

TIA

[phvannor]

WNS Support is currently in the MobileApp branch for cordova. WNS Support will probably not be added into the Service branch at this time.

[xqiu]

Is the code in https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services/blob/dev/sdk/Javascript/src/Push/Push.WinJS.js ? Should we simply port that code over? At this time, I can't port my cordova app to windows universal due to this restriction.

[phvannor]

The I was referring to was here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services/tree/MobileApp/sdk/Javascript, but that branch is for Mobile App's and uses a different (newer) API on NH to do registrations so you can't just port it over to a service. (With the cordova files here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services-cordova/tree/MobileApp, or on npm)

I don't know if the WInJS version of push would work for WNS on Win Universal, I suppose it should, but it'd be tricky to work in. I think if you want to get this to work on services, I would recommend copying the pattern used for gcm and apns in this web version (https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services/blob/dev/sdk/Javascript/src/Push/Push.Web.js) and just use wns instead as applicable.

[xqiu]

Thanks. As you suggested, I've decided to modify mobileServices.Web-1.2.8.js directly, and I get wns toast to work. The js file is shared here:https://onedrive.live.com/prev?cid=4c9ccfe08b0ea8f6&id=4C9CCFE08B0EA8F6%2147340&v=TextFileEditor . It's not a lot of code to change.

[candidodmv]

@xqiu did you succeed implementation WNS ? Could you share your your insights? Thanks so much!

[xqiu]

yes. By using the modified js file linked above.

From the app side in Cordova:

                    if (client) {
                        // Register for notifications.
                        client.push.wns.registerNative(wnsRegId, $scope.getTags()).done(function () {
                            }, function (err) {

                            });
                    }

This is the code I use on the server side.

//insert should use Script/Admin authentication admin, and we use master key for the server.
//read is to use application key... This will ensure that if application key is disclosed, it will not be able to insert to our table.

function insert(item, user, request) {

    // Define a simple payload for a GCM notification.
    var payload = {
        "message": item.title
    };

    // Define a payload for the Windows Store toast notification.
    var payloadwns = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><toast><visual>' +
        '<binding template="ToastText01">  <text id="1">' +
        item.title + '</text></binding></visual></toast>';

    request.execute({
        success: function () {
            // If the insert succeeds, send a notification.
            // Send to all template registrations
            push.send(item.tag, payload, {
                success: function (pushResponse) {
                    console.log("Sent push:", pushResponse, payload);

                    // send a notification for windows (a native registration).
                    push.wns.send(item.tag, payloadwns, 'wns/toast', {
                        success: function (pushResponse) {
                            console.log("Sent push wns:", pushResponse);
                            request.respond();
                        },
                        error: function (pushResponse) {
                            console.log("Error Sending push wns:", pushResponse);
                            request.respond(500, { error: pushResponse });
                        }
                    });
                },
                error: function (pushResponse) {
                    console.log("Error Sending push:", pushResponse);
                }
            });
        },
        error: function (err) {
            console.log("request.execute error", err)
            request.respond();
        }
    });
}

[candidodmv]

@xqiu you could do a pull request with this implementation, this will be very helpful for community.

[xqiu]

Sure. Here it is: https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services-cordova/pull/15

[candidodmv]

@phvannor @xqiu How do you succed to include additional data within wns toast payload?