Notify.Events Apps for Android and iOS
We bet you already know that Notify.Events offers over 50 notification recipients to choose from. These are the familiar instant messengers, SMS, voice calls, and push notification applications. It is the latter that will be discussed today.
The catalog of available Notify.Events recipients already contains services for receiving push notifications but they can’t always offer a user-friendly interface due to many unnecessary functions and may charge additional fees.
Therefore, we have developed our own push notification apps for our users: Notify.Events for Android and Notify.Events for iOS. Subscribers, meet applications. Applications, meet subscribers. :)
Well, now we can move on to a closer acquaintance. In this article, we will tell you how the apps work, what features are available, and how to set everything up in order to start receiving push notifications on your device. Let’s go!
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Notify.Events apps features
Our applications are designed to receive instant notifications about important events occurring in source services: new online store orders, server crashes, CCTV snapshots, etc.
That being said, Notify.Events for Android / iOS are client applications. This means that all notifications coming from sources are processed by the Notify.Events service itself, and the app acts as a recipient, triggering push notifications on your device. Therefore, in order to use the application, you must already have an active Notify.Events account (register on the website) and a created channel. Read more about how to create and set up a channel here.
However, the functionality of applications is not limited to short pop-up messages. The apps also allow you to:
- see a list of notifications received,
- view the full text of each notification,
- follow the links included in the notification,
- download attached files and images.
Due to such a minimal, but sufficient set of functions and settings, we managed to create an user-friendly and not overloaded interface. There is no additional fee for using the application - pay only for the Notify.Events subscription (if you use a paid plan).
In addition, just like with other recipients, in your personal account on the Notify.Events website, you can customize your subscription by going to the subscription settings screen. Here you can turn on/off sending notifications to the app, set the types of priority and levels of notifications you want to receive, set time parameters and delayed sending.
Now let's take a closer look at each app - its system requirements, interface, and get detailed instructions on how to configure it.
Notify.Events iOS app
Notify.Events for iOS is available for the following Apple devices:
- Mac (macOS 11.03 or newer and M1 chip),
- iPhone (iOS 14.5 or later),
- iPad (iPadOS 14.5 or later),
- iPad Touch (iOS 14.5 or later).
The app supports:
- Sending text links,
- Sending files and images - no more than 5 per message no more than 2 MiB each,
- Actions in the chat in the form of a link.
IOS app interface
- Opening the app you will be taken to the Channels screen with a list of all connected channels. You can always return to this screen by clicking the Channels button in the lower left corner. From here you can also go to the Settings screen by clicking on the button in the lower right corner and add a new channel with the Subscribe button.
- When you click on the name of the channel, you will be taken to the screen with a list of messages received over the entire period of using the app. You can delete selected messages and mark all messages as read at once.
- When you click on the notification card, you will be taken to the message screen and can see the full text.
- On the Settings screen, you can change the name of the connected Apple devices. These names will be displayed in the list of recipients in the service interface.
How to set up receiving Apple push notifications?
- Download the app from the App Store.
- On the screen of the desired channel, click the Subscribe button in the Recipients section.
- On the Channel subscription screen that opens, click on the iOS card.
- Copy the token.
- In the app, click on the + in the upper right corner.
- Paste the copied token into the field and click the Subscribe button.
- Now, on the app main screen, you will see the added channel, and the recipient with the name of your Apple device will appear in the list of recipients on the channel screen in the Notify.Events service interface.
All new channel notifications will now arrive as pop-up messages on your iPhone or iPad.
You can read the full text of the message by clicking on the pop-up notification or by falling into the channel card in the application itself and selecting the desired message from the list.
If you want to receive notifications on several Apple devices, you need to connect each of them separately. The number of channels for subscription is not limited.
Notify.Events Android app
Notify.Events for Android works on any Android device with firmware version 5.1 or higher. As with the iOS app, the Android app supports:
- Sending text links,
- Sending files and images - no more than 5 per message no more than 2 MiB each,
- Actions in the chat in the form of a link.
Android app interface
- The main screen displays all the channels you have subscribed to. You can return to them from any screen by clicking on the Channels button in the lower left corner. Here you can also add a new channel using the Subscribe button and go to the app settings using the Settings button.
- Clicking on the channel name will take you to the Messages screen. Here is a list of all messages received since the start of using the app. You can delete selected messages and mark all messages as read at once.
- And if you click on the notification card, you will be taken to the message screen with the full text.
- Unlike the iOS app, the Android app has additional notification settings that you can do from the Settings screen.
- Firstly, right in the app, you can disable/enable push notifications completely or notifications with certain priority levels (Lowest, Low, Normal, High, Highest). The levels correspond to the levels from the service interface.
- What is more, you can go deeper into each priority level and, for example, set for each of them personal sounds, vibration modes and even backlighting - depending on the capabilities of your smartphone. This way, you will no doubt distinguish an important notification from other messages in chatting apps and won't miss it.
How to set up receiving Android push notifications?
- Download the app from Google Play.
- On the screen of the desired channel, click the Subscribe button in the Recipients section.
- On the Channel subscription screen that opens, click on the Android card.
- Copy the token.
- In the app, click the Subscribe button.
- Paste the copied token into the field and click the Subscribe button.
- Done! The added channel should be displayed on the main screen of the application, and the recipient with the name of your Android device should appear in the list of recipients on the channel screen in your N.E account on the website.
Now, as soon as a new message arrives, you will receive a push notification to your device.
To view the full text of the notification and attachments, click on the message window or in the application go to the channel card and select the desired message from the list.
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