Token-based Push Notifications Sample App

This Sample app will guide you to setup Push Notifications in your Ionic application.

Pre-requisite

1. Login to the CometChat Dashboard.
2. Select an existing app or create a new one.
3. Go to "API & Auth Keys" section and copy the REST API key from the "REST API Keys" tab.
4. Go to the "Extensions" section and Enable the Push Notifications extension.
5. Go to the "Installed" tab in the same section and open the settings for this extension and Set the version to V2.
6. Paste the REST API Key in the Settings.
7. Go to Firebase Console and get the Server Key for your app. Paste the Server Key in the settings and click on save.
8. Copy your app's APP_ID, REGION and AUTH_KEY from the Dashboard. These will be required in the next steps.

Usage

1. Clone this repository.
2. Navigate to the src directory and replace APP_ID, REGION and AUTH_KEY with yours in src/consts.ts file.
3. Go to Firebase Console and get your google-services.json and GoogleService-Info.plist.
4. Place the google-services.json in android/app folder. Place the GoogleService-Info.plist in ios/App folder.
5. Install dependencies using npm install.
6. Run the following commands:

ionic build
npx cap sync
npx cap copy

8. To run your Android app, execute npx cap open android.
9. To run your iOS app, execute npx cap open ios.
10. Please make sure you have followed all the steps mentioned for the Capacitor Plugin.

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Documentation

Token-based Push Notifications