Re: [aerogear-dev] GCM3: InstanceID tokens versus 'old' tokens

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew(a)apache.org&gt; wrote: > Hi, > > the format for tokens received from InstanceID API have a slightly > different format: > > https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-unifiedpush-server/commit/fa74eea6a1... > > It's basically (prefix_string : RegistrationID). > > Now, in order to be able to subscribe on a topic is it _really_ required > to have a 'new' InstanceID token ? I could not find a _clear_ statement > looks like InstanceID tokens are required: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/gc... But, on the other hand it does not mention that GCM.register() tokens are not allowed :-) > > I am asking because I'm working on the server hook to send topic request. > > If the answer yes, only InstanceID tokens can subscribe, we need a little > switch on the server (not a show stopper): > 1) send /topics/{something} (should not affect 'old' tokens_ > 2) fallback: find tokens w/o the ':', so we can fallback to pure > registration Id for "non-Instance ID " tokens > > > Thanks, > Matthias > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf