Salesforce Mobile Push Notifications Implementation Guide
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Step 1. Developer Registration with Mobile OS Vendors
Step 4. Using Apex Triggers to Send Push Notifications
Step 5. Packaging Components for Customer Organizations
Using the Chatter REST API Push Notification Resource (Optional)
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Steps for Implementing Mobile Push Notifications
To implement mobile push notifications, you configure each of the participating
technologies.
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Step 1. Developer Registration with Mobile OS Vendors
This step asks the OS vendor to be prepared to handled Salesforce push notifications sent to your app. Developer registration also provides some information you’ll need to finish configuring your Salesforce connected app. -
Step 2. Creating a Connected App
A Salesforce connected app provides the token that enables Salesforce to send push notifications to your Mobile SDK app. -
Step 3. Configure Your Mobile SDK App
In your Mobile SDK app, implement push notification protocols required by Salesforce and the device OS provider. -
Step 4. Using Apex Triggers to Send Push Notifications
An Apex trigger creates new notifications and sends them to a specified connected app. -
Step 5. Packaging Components for Customer Organizations
To distribute the Apex triggers and the connected app to customers, partners can create a managed package.