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Send Test Push Notifications to GCM for Android

To run a quick test of your push notification setup for Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM), use the Test Push Notifications page.
  1. Enter a connection token string in the Recipient field, OR search for a recipient by clicking Search Search icon, and then select one of the search results. By default, the Search results list displays the five devices most recently registered for your connected app.
    1. To find other devices, enter a user name in the Search text box.
    2. Click Go to generate a list of all devices currently registered under that user name.
  2. For Payload, enter a JSON value that contains your message.
  3. To send the push notification to the GCM server only, select Dry Run.
  4. Click Send to send the test push notification, or click Clear to reset the form.