GCM send image instead of message

Question

I\'m an Android newbie, and I\'m using Google GCM to send a plain text message. Is it possible to send an image file as stream or by some other method?

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Answer 1

You can only send key/value pairs with total size up to 4096 bytes. Even if you manage to encode an image within a string parameter, it would be a tiny image. An alternative is to send a string that refers to the image location, either a local file name on your device or a URL that you can access to download the image when you handle the notification.