Sending push notifications to Android devices using Parse

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I find the parse documentation is little confusing when it comes to Android. I am sending notifications using Parse from a .NET background service. The service is calling Parse REST API

Install the device with deviceToken and deviceType
Send push notification to device once the previous step is successful.

This works beautifully with iOS device POST: 1/push

{  
    "deviceToken": "<big device token>",
    "deviceType": "android",
    "channels" : []
}

This says

{
    code: 114
    error: "deviceToken may not be set for deviceType android"
}

the documentation says, we need to have a unique installationId for Android device install uploads. How do I do this from backend? Which API should be used to get installation Id?

Eran · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-24 14:24:17Z

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This is how you get the installation ID :

ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().getInstallationId()

(Class Reference)

answered Jun 24, 2014 at 14:24

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sarat Over a year ago

Push is happening from server side and using .NET. The libraries parse have are client side libraries. That's why I am using REST API deliver notifications. But it's great to know what is meant by getInstallationId() and how it's wrapped under the hood

sarat · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-16 12:38:51Z

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What I understand, Parse doesn't support android device installations using REST API; it supports from client side SDK.

https://www.parse.com/questions/android-device-installation-via-rest

answered Aug 16, 2014 at 12:38

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