[aerogear-dev] Android keys (Re: AeroGear Push Message Format)

Daniel Passos daniel at passos.me
Tue Jun 18 10:42:13 EDT 2013


We don't have special words on Android, but we can use the same of iOS and
shoot the same behaviors. wdyt?

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>wrote:

> Summers, Passos,
>
>
> wondering if we should/could honor "android" specific keys as well
> (similar to the iOS keys that we "honor")
>
> See:
>
> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear.org/blob/master/docs/specs/aerogear-push-messages/index.markdown#ios-special-keys
>
>
> -Matthias
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>wrote:
>
>> reminder, that ID is just the primary key :-)
>>
>> meaningful are "pushApplicationID" and "variantID"
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Luke
>>>
>>> once this landed, it will be "pushApplicationID" and "variantID" - the
>>> ID is than meaningless (at least for PushEE server).
>>>
>>> -M
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> plus plus
>>>>
>>>> On May 31, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AGPUSH-86
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Luke Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 31, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> somehow the device needs to say: "I belong to android variant"
>>>>>
>>>>> besides the @Id /PK, we can have a second field / column that
>>>>> represents:
>>>>> * PushAppID
>>>>> * VariantID
>>>>>
>>>>> Yup. Having these would solve that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Was that your question?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, May 31, 2013, Lucas Holmquist wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> something that i was thinking about after doing some examples is that
>>>>>> i'm not sure how i feel about using the PK's of each table as the
>>>>>> identifier to register/broadcast clients.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are sort of giving meaning to data that really shouldn't have
>>>>>> meaning.  it should really only be used to identify the row.  It might be
>>>>>> better to have another key on each table/object that is the identifier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So in one of the examples i did,  the app on the device will register
>>>>>> the device with the push server,  but i needed to also include the id of
>>>>>> the variant instance
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i guess i'm thinking if someone migrates their database,  these keys
>>>>>> could get messed up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wdyt?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 28, 2013, at 2:53 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Corinne Krych <
>>>>>> corinnekrych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in selective push is:
>>>>>> ==> variant: iOS  + alias: mwessendorf
>>>>>> a valid criteria too?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes. let me update the related doc(s)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 May 2013 08:51, Corinne Krych <corinnekrych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 May 2013 08:48, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TYPO:
>>>>>> ==> variant: iOS (since a PushAPP _might_ have only one iOS variant)
>>>>>> + deviceType:iPadMini  + alias: mwessendorf
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> ==> variant: iOS (since a PushAPP _might_ have only one iOS variant)
>>>>>> + deviceType:iPhone  + alias: mwessendorf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>>> matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Corinne Krych <
>>>>>> corinnekrych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When doing selective push query, is there any overlap between mobile
>>>>>> variant (which I understand like mobile type which contains certificates)
>>>>>> and device type?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MobileVariant (or call it type) is something like "Android", or "iOS".
>>>>>> deviceTypes would be iPad, iPod, iPhone, iWatch :)  - or "Android
>>>>>> Table", "Andrpid phone", android what not
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure.... ideally there are several variants:
>>>>>> - iOS iPhone 5 optimised app in the app store
>>>>>> - iOS iPhone 4s optimised app in the app store
>>>>>> - iOS iPhone 3 optimised app in the app store
>>>>>> - iOS iPad mini optimised app in the app store
>>>>>> etc :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But, if there is only one variant, it's totally valid to install an
>>>>>> iOS application (from the appstore), on an iPad and an iPhone;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both aimed at defining categories.
>>>>>>  Are those categories defined and fixed in the spec or can they be
>>>>>> extended?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't understand categories, here
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can we do a selective push based on mobileType=mobile variant and
>>>>>> alias=john at gmail?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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