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Is there any push notification service in Android like Apple Push Notification Service?

I want to provide a push notification service to Android phone users, is there any push notification service in Android like Apple Push Notification Service?

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user403015 Avatar asked Aug 11 '11 03:08

user403015


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Oh yes! Its called C2DM. Do check it out!

Edit: Tutorial link added!

Edit: For completeness, C2DM has now been deprecated in favor of Google Cloud Messaging

Edit: GCM has now been replaced by Firebase Cloud Messaging

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Anand Sainath Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 02:09

Anand Sainath