Introduction

Azure Notification Hubs provide an easy-to-use and scaled-out push engine that allows you to send notifications to any platform (iOS, Android, Windows, Kindle, Baidu, etc.) from any backend (cloud or on-premises). Push notifications is a form of app-to-user communication where users of mobile apps are notified of certain desired information, usually in a pop-up or dialog box on a mobile device.

This plugin allows Flutter developers to extend their apps with Azure Notification Hub functionality. For this plugin to work, one must setup a Notification Hub within Azure and add the necessary capabilities within the project.

Currently, this plugin only functions for iOS. Android support is planned.

Getting started

Installation

To install this plugin, add azure_notification_hubs as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Setup a Notification Hub

Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-ios-push-notifications-swift-apps-get-started to create your own Azure Notification Hub.

Add capabilities in your project

In XCode, find your target's Signing & Capabilities tab. Add Push Notifications and Background Modes. Additionally, in the Background Modes capability, check Background fetch and Remote notifications.

Usage

Instantiate the AzureNotificationHubs
Call the instance's init function, passing your:
- Connection String
- Notification Hub Name
- Tags to subscribe to (separated by commas)
Call the instance's register function to subscribe to the previously passed tags.
Send a Push Notification (e.g. Test Send in the Azure Portal) and receive it on your device
Optional: Call the instance's unregister function to unsubscribe from all tags.

Push Notifications only work on a physical device, the simulator will not suffice!

Example

To run the example, first clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Sally-Assistant/azure_notification_hubs.git

Then you must set the NHInfoConnectionString and NHInfoHubName according to the data in your Notification Hub.

NHInfoHubName is the name of your Notification Hub.
NHInfoConnectionString should be in the following format:
```
Endpoint=sb://<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=<notificationHubKeyName>;SharedAccessKey=<notificationHubKey>
```
Finally, execute the following inside the example directory:
```
flutter run
```
You should be able to enter custom tags to register to upon which the app asks you for permission. You can then test send notifications to the device.