Android: Notification vs Data payload

[MichaelMarner]

Push notifications on Android are handled differently depending on whether the recipient app is in the foreground or background, and whether the push contains only a notification or data payload, or both.

Payload Type	Foreground	Background
Notification Only	App is notified through a callback	notification appears in system tray, app is not notified
Data only	App is notified through callback	App is notified through callback
notification and data	Data portion is given to app through callback	notification portion is handled by OS to display notification, data segment is provided to app through the launch intent when the user taps the notification

The GCM Provider sends both notification and data segments in all pushes sent out.

This causes issues when it comes to the app handling the push notification, especially if the app expects a certain combination of notification and data. In the case of Cordova apps using phonegap-push-plugin notifications need to be data only in order for the push to be handled correctly by Cordova.

I wanted to start a conversation about how to give Loopback devs more control of the payload when sending pushes to Android devices in a backwards compatible way. Perhaps allow the creation of Notifications with data and notification properties that are used if present, and fallback to the current behaviour otherwise?

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