The current structure of the notification payload on android does not allow for customisation on the client side. When a notification object is present the only customisation possible is the notification icon and the primary color.
Proposed solution
Replace the notification message with a data message. Documentation on both types can be found here
Add the data from the notification object to the data object.
Put the data object on the top level
Remove the notification object.
The names of the fields in the notification object could be the same in the data object. This way the client has to manually handle their notifications, which gives it the liberty to customise the design.
This solution would also be more extensible than the previous solution as it allows for custom fields (i.e. user avatars etc).
Android notification structure
The current structure of the notification payload on android does not allow for customisation on the client side. When a
notificationobject is present the only customisation possible is the notification icon and the primary color.Proposed solution
Replace the notification message with a data message. Documentation on both types can be found here
notificationobject to thedataobject.dataobject on the top levelnotificationobject.The names of the fields in the
notificationobject could be the same in thedataobject. This way the client has to manually handle their notifications, which gives it the liberty to customise the design.This solution would also be more extensible than the previous solution as it allows for custom fields (i.e. user avatars etc).