[aerogear-dev] UPS: deviceType semantics

[Luke Holmquist]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Ron Smeral <rsmeral at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I noticed the "deviceType" field in UPS seems to be used inconsistently
> between Server and the SDKs, and is perhaps underspecified.
>
> The docs only say this much:
> https://aerogear.org/docs/unifiedpush/client-registration/
> * "deviceType: The device type of the device or the user agent."
> - what does "device type of the device" mean? "Type" in what sense?
>
> https://aerogear.org/docs/unifiedpush/push-message-format/
> * "deviceType: A list of raw device types that should receive the message
> (e.g. Coupon only for iPad and AndroidTablets). The deviceType needs to be
> stored when the device is registering itself with the server."
> - what's a "raw device type"?
> - "needs to be stored" - who needs to do that? Store where?
>
>
> When trying to use the Sender API, the obvious question is: what's the
> list of possible values? The docs don't answer that.
>
> which Sender API, the node.js one or the the Java one.  i'd imagine both
are lacking  :)

> Another missing piece of information:
> * Is the deviceType an arbitrary string set by the user during
> registration?
> * Or, is it somehow automatically set by the client SDKs?
>
> After a bit of digging through the SDKs and APIs, I can see this (not
> necessarily 100% correct):
>
> * The Sender API accepts arbitrary values
>
> * Android SDK - has deviceType in model, sets to "ANDROID" by default
> * Windows SDK - doesn't even have deviceType in model
> * iOS SDK - has deviceType in model, doesn't set to any default value
>
> * Cordova Android - doesn't set, so uses "ANDROID"
> * Cordova WP8 - not in model, not set
> * Cordova iOS - sets UIDevice.model (I can't really read ObjC, just a
> guess by looking at the code)
>
>
> Can we come up with clearer semantics for the deviceType field?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron
>
> --
> Ron Smeral
> Technical Writer, FeedHenry
> Red Hat
> Brno
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