How to avoid delay in Android GCM messages / change heartbeat

Question

I\'ve been reading many posts regarding a GCM issue that affects some people. It seems that in some devices/routers/carriers the notifications suffer delays. I\'ve experienc

Answer 1

There's no need to send the heartbeat from the GCM server to the phone, you can force android itself to send the heartbeat sooner that it would otherwise do.

I had a look at the Push Notifications Fixer app, which I tested and worked for me, and it seems all you need to do is broadcast the following intents:

com.google.android.intent.action.MCS_HEARTBEAT
com.google.android.intent.action.GTALK_HEARTBEAT

I'm not sure why it's sending both, you can try only one and see if it does the trick. Here's the link to the app (I'm not the developer): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andqlimax.pushfixer.noroot