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A declarative library with an easy-to-use interface for building Flutter applications on AWS.
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Feature Request - In-app messaging for Flutter #2905

Open jamilsaadeh97 opened 1 year ago

jamilsaadeh97 commented 1 year ago

Description

I suggest In-App Messaging feature for Amplify Flutter like the one found in React Native.

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Flutter Version

3.7.7

Amplify Flutter Version

1.0.0

Deployment Method

Amplify CLI

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ClemPalf commented 1 year ago

Hi everyone,

I would also love to see this feature added to amplify-flutter. Specifically, I would like to send notifications to active users (opened apps), depending on custom back-end triggers.

I was considering push-notifications, but I don't want to rely on whether the user authorized them.

I was also considering websockets, but having to maintain a channel open for every active app seems like a really suboptimal solution. (Having to deal with the 10 minutes timeout + the cost of the channel that is used >1% of the time).

In app-messaging really seems to be the way to go, but if anyone has a temporary solution, I will gladly hear it.

Cheers,

abdallahshaban557 commented 1 year ago

Hi @ClemPalf - thank you for this feedback! We will for sure take it into consideration - I agree that based on your use case In-App messaging seems to be a good fit. I am curious to hear more about the 10 minute timeout piece - where does that come from?

ClemPalf commented 1 year ago

Hi @abdallahshaban557,
I was speaking of the Idle Connection Timeout set by API gateway on websocket connections.
I guess I could send "pings" to keep it alive, but that feels suboptimal, especially as it will be waiting for a notification that might never occur.

abdallahshaban557 commented 1 year ago

Hi @ClemPalf - got it - that makes sense. Thank you for that feedback!

patrick-hieber commented 10 months ago

@abdallahshaban557 is there already a roadmap when/if in app messaging will be available for Flutter?

abdallahshaban557 commented 10 months ago

Hi @patrick-hieber - I am no longer a part of the Amplify team, but @haverchuck can help in answering questions moving forward on Amplify Flutter!