Building an Android notification server

Question

Is there any documentation on how to build a custom notification server for Android? I am currently using GCM but due to the nature of the app and the fact that notifications are a very important feature in my app, I would rather implement this service internally so that I can control the throughput and not have any artificial limitations (even if it's hundreds of thousands of notifications per day). I also would like to use the same notification server later on with the iOS version of the app and for that reason, a custom built notification server is much preferred.

I would ideally like to know what's involved in order to write a similar messaging system (on the Android front-end). To further clarify, I would like to understand how (on top level) the GCM notification internally works on Android and how to replicate that functionality on my own.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Answer 1

for the last 3 months I feel the same way as you do.

1, you should read this first mqtt.

2, and give yourself 1 hour of watching this

3, theres alot of examples out there on how to integrate client and over here for the server.

EDIT: some success stories here from facebook.

Its worth a shot. :) hope this will help you :)

Answer 2

I think Pushwoosh does exactly what you want to do. There also exists UrbanAirship, but unlike Pushwoosh UrbanAirship's service isn't free.