Push notifications

answered 2015-01-27 23:03:00 +0300

yanoo
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updated 2015-01-28 11:07:43 +0300

smoku
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http://xiaoka.com/

@tbr is working on support for MQTT under Mer Project umbrella.

MQTT is a open machine-to-machine (M2M)/"Internet of Things" connectivity protocol. The preliminary experiments with MQTT on SailfishOS are very promising.

answered 2014-01-16 23:46:41 +0300

dr_gogeta86
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updated 2014-01-17 21:49:13 +0300

I vote for an cetralized one regulated by QA if they are on harbour .... why ?

1. On android push services are abused and sometimes requires a battery sucker daemon they must be regulated ...
2. IMHO they ask on first start if you wanna use push ..... ( i prefer apple alike permission, simple and effective )

But the first two point are to be more like a propositions than answers ......

The reality is a bit different ... the case ?

Mitäkuuluu

We can't use push services due most of app till now ( is a pity ) can't use upstream push services ( whatsapp and foursquare for example ) and then an effective ( ihmo ) approach is like Meego-Harmattan ... you can use daemon but you must to limit drain, in battery and in data

I hope this post can be discussed constructively ... I hope SaifishOs can be saw as a clear, productive and good organized platform rather then ... messy, complicated and with many wheels provieded for the same thing ....

Better a good implemented method then reinvent it every time ... see android process and you know what I mean ....

Respect Fabio

answered 2014-01-16 09:21:06 +0300

qwazix
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I'd like to see an open standard used. Apple and Google are using push as a method to lock down users. Also all that centralized power might save battery but it compromises privacy.

I think there are two possible solutions:

1. Work with QtProject to create something that will work in all platforms Qt is available and where anybody can host his own server. This however might end up in the device having to connect to multiple hosts at the same time, not very battery friendly.

2. (ab)use a messaging service (XMPP comes to mind) with federation to implement push. Everybody can host his own jabber server, federated with the jolla one. A local and remote jabber user will be created for each app installation. The local user will make a friend request to the remote user which will then talk back in JSON providing notifications. This way the phone will need to just be connected to one federated XMPP account only at each time. This can be jolla's by default or replaced with any other the user might want, as long as it supports federation.